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2026 DIGILAW 411 (MAD)

R. Venkatesan, S/o. Ramanathan v. Management Of Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (Kovai) Ltd.

2026-02-04

M.DHANDAPANI

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ORDER : M. DHANDAPANI, J. These Writ Petitions have been filed seeking a direction to the respondent to pay the petitioner (in all WPs.), the difference/arrears of terminal benefits namely, Gratuity and Encashment of Leave for the periods stated in the prayer, after revising the same based on the scale of pay, payable to them as admitted by the respondent in the RTI information dated 30.09.2025, 10.11.2025, 27.12.2025, 24.11.2025, 29.12.2025, 18.12.2025 and 05.12.2025 respectively, together with 18% interest per annum, within a time frame as fixed by this Court. 2. Heard the learned counsels appearing on either side and perused the materials available on record. With the consent of both sides, the Writ Petitions are taken up for hearing at the admission stage itself and also that since the issue involved in all the petitions are one and the same, they are disposed of, by way of a common order. 3. It is the case of the petitioners that they joined the services of the respondent Corporation and retired from service during the years 2022 and 2024 respectively. The Management of the respondent Corporation and the Trade Unions arrived at a Wage Settlement on 24.08.2022 and 29.05.2025 with retrospective effect from 01.09.2019 & 01.09.2023 respectively and the respondent had also admitted the revised scale of pay of the petitioners in the RTI information. However, the difference/arrears of wages of terminal benefits as stated supra have not been paid to the petitioners and therefore, the petitioners made a representation on 05.01.2026 but there was no response and hence, the present Writ Petition. 4. The learned counsel for the petitioner(s) drew the attention of this Court to the order passed by the Madurai Bench of this Court in a similar issue in W.P.(MD) No.27525 of 2022 & batch of cases dated 21.12.2022 and prayed for a similar relief. 5. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and also in the light of the order passed by this Court as stated supra, there shall be a direction to the respondent to implement the revised pay as per the Wage Settlement to the petitioners with interest and the said exercise shall be completed, if there is no other impediment in disbursing the same, within a period of 12 weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. 6. Accordingly, the Writ Petitions are disposed of. 6. Accordingly, the Writ Petitions are disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs.