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K.VANIDHA v. THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO

WP/34599/2012 · 2025-06-23

Mummineni Sudheer Kumar

Transfer Petitionbody2025

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WP No. 34599 of 2012 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 23-06-2025 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE MUMMINENI SUDHEER KUMAR WP No. 34599 of 2012 K.Vanidha D/o. A.Kadirvelu, Veppur and Post, Virudhachalam Taluk, Cuddalore District 606 304. Petitioner(s) Vs 1. The Principal Secretary to the Government, Personnel and Administration Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009. 2.The Chief Secretary to the Government, Government of Tamil Nadu, Secretariat, Chennai. 3.A.Arulvadivam Assistant Section Officer, Agriculture Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009. https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis WP No. 34599 of 2012 4.N.Kavitha Assistant Section Officer, CF & CP Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009. 5.K.Ramachandiran Assistant Section Officer, E & F Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009. 6.J.Shobana Rani Assistant Section Officer, H & FW Department, Secretariat, Chennai-9 7.A.Jeganathan Assistant Section Officer, Home Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009. 8.M.Narendiran, Assistant Section Officer, HR.EDN Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009. 9.K.Kathirvel Assistant Section Officer, Public Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009. 10.K.Kengeswaran Assistant Section Officer, HG & UD Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009. 11.D.Rajaveni Assistant Section Officer, https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis WP No. 34599 of 2012 Industries Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009. 12.S.Gowri Kasi Bala Assistant Section Officer, P & AR Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009. 13.M.Babu, Assistant Section Officer, PWD Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009. 14.V.Sudhakar Assistant Section Officer, TD, RE & I Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009. 15.C.Rajareswari Assistant Section Officer, CT & R Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009. 16.G.Karthik Assistant Section Officer, CF & CP Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009. 17.M.Nirmala Assistant Section Officer, E & F Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009. 18.P.Muniammal Assistant Section Officer, H & FW Department, https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis WP No. 34599 of 2012 Secretariat, Chennai 600 009. 19.P.Thyagarajan Assistant Section Officer, Home Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009. 20.B.Ramesh Assistant Section Officer, Home, P & E Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009. 21.V.Anandhi Assistant Section Officer, Public Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009. 22.K.Umadevi Assistant Section Officer, Public Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009. 23.T.Chandrasekar Assistant Section Officer, Revenue Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009. 24.S.Devarajan Assistant Section Officer, E & F Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009. 25.P.Loganathan, Assistant Section Officer, H & FW Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009. https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis WP No. 34599 of 2012 26.D.Jagadeeswari, Assistant Section Officer, Home Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009. 27.A.Yoburaja, Assistant Section Officer, P & AR Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009. 28.V.Pitchiah, Assistant Section Officer, Revenue Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009. 29.S.Parvathy, Assistant Section Officer, S.EDN Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009. 30.K.Sivasankari, Assistant Section Officer, TD, RE & I Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009. 31.M.Leelarani, Assistant Section Officer, E & F Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009. 32.V.Ramesh, Assistant Section Officer, MA & WS Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009. https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis WP No. 34599 of 2012 33.M.Balamurugan, Assistant Section Officer, P &AR Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009. 34.R.Karthikeyan, Assistant Section Officer, TD, RE & I Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009. 35.S.Karuppiah, Assistant Section Officer, Home Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009. 36.K.Amutha, Assistant Section Officer, Home, P & E Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600009. 37.S.Venkatesan, Assistant Section Officer, Revenue Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009. 38.K.Vasudevan, Assistant Section Officer, S.EDN Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009. 39.E.Karunanithi, Assistant Section Officer, Agriculture Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009. 40.S.Vinod, https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis WP No. 34599 of 2012 Assistant Section Officer, L & E Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009. 41.D.Srinivasaragavan, Assistant Section Officer, P & AR Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600009. 42.A.Kamalakannan, Assistant Section Officer, Public Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009. 43.B.Sivakumar, Assistant Section Officer, Highways & MP Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009. 44.A.Ganesan, Assistant Section Officer, Agriculture Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600009. 45.P.Thangavel, Assistant Section Officer, HG & UD Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600009. 46.V.Sundari, Assistant Section Officer, L & E Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009. 47.D.Lakshmanan Assistant Section Officer, https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis WP No. 34599 of 2012 P & AR Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600009. 48.A.Maheswari, Assistant Section Officer, Public Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009. 49.N.Muralikrishnan, Assistant Section Officer, TD, RE & I Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009. 50.A.Prakash, Assistant Section Officer, Agriculture Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009. 51.A.Mohanavalli, Assistant Section Officer, Home Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009. 52.R.Padmavathi, Assistant Section Officer, HR. EDN Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600009. 53.T.Mythili, Assistant Section Officer, Public Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600009. 54.K.Kanaga Devi, Assistant Section Officer, Revenue Department, Secretariat, https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis WP No. 34599 of 2012 Chennai 600 009. 55.Vimalkumar, Assistant Section Officer, PW Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009. 56.L.Karthikeyan, Assistant Section Officer, T & C Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009. 57.T.Arikrishnan, S/o.R.Thanickachalam, 4/446, Mugapair West, Chennai 600 037. 58.R.Kandasamy, S/o.A.Raji, Assistant Public Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 9. 59. P.Kamakshi, W/o.Karthikeyan L. Assistant, Adi Dravidar & Tribal Welfare Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 9. 60.S.Senthil Kumar, S/o.E.Subramanian, Adi Dravidar & Tribal Welfare Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 9. 61.T.Lakshmi, W/o.Sivanathan M. https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis WP No. 34599 of 2012 Assistant, Housing & Urban Development Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 9. 62.M.Bharathi, W/o.Maruthan D. Assistant, Adi Dravidar & Tribal Welfare Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 9. 63.K.Hemavathy, D/o.M.Kumaraguru, Assistant, Housing & Urban Development Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 9. 64.M S Muthaih, S/o.Soundaram, Assistant, Tamil Development & Information Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 9. 65.Sundar T, S/o.Tirunavukarasu, Assistant, Commercial Tax & Registration Department, Secretariat, Chennai-9. 66.D B Vijayakumar, S/o.Balasubramaniaraju, Assistant, Rural Development & Panchayat Raj Department, Secretariat, Chennai-9. 67.R Premila, W/o.Baskar, https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis WP No. 34599 of 2012 Assistant, Labor & Employment Department, Secretariat, Chennai-9. 68.J Megala Devi, D/o.Jothi, Assistant, Public Department, Secretariat, Chennai-9. 69.A.Revathy, W/o.Bangaru, Assistant, Public Department, Secretariat, Chennai-9. 70.Sri Naveena, W/o.Karthiek, Assistant, Public Department, Secretariat, Chennai-9. 71.R Amuthalakshmi, W/o.Saravanakumar P., Assistant, School Education Department, Secretariat, Chennai-9. 72.Baby Rani, W/o.Kandasamy, Assistant, School Education Department, Secretariat, Chennai-9. 73.Kayal Vizhi, W/o.Vetrivel Murugan K., Assistant, School Education Department, Secretariat, Chennai-9. 74.K Janaki, https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis WP No. 34599 of 2012 P Ramachandra Chandra Prabhu, Assistant, Housing & Urban Development Department, Secretariat, Chennai-9. 75.P Indragandhi, D/o.Palanivel P Assistant, Tamil Development & Information Department, Secretariat, Chennai-9. 76.C Sundari, W/o.S Chittibabu, Assistant, Labor & Employment Department, Secretariat, Chennai-9. 77.M T Ramachandran, S/o.Thangavelu, Assistant, Personnel & Administrative Reforms Department, Secretariat, Chennai-9. 78.M Venkatesan, S/o.Manika Varadha P., Assistant, Public Works Department, Secretariat, Chennai-9. 79.P Mugunthan, S/o.P Perumal, Assistant, Municipal Administration & Water Supply Department, Secretariat, Chennai-9. 80.K Rajagopal, https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis WP No. 34599 of 2012 S/o.G Kesavapillai, Assistant, Municipal Administration & Water Supply Department, Secretariat, Chennai-9. 81.Venkatesa Subramanian, S/o.S Krishnan, Assistant, Public Department, Secretariat, Chennai-9. 82.M Dhayabaran, S/o.C Manickam, Assistant, Higher Education Department, Secretariat, Chennai-9. 83.V Thangakumar, S/o.V Vel Murugan Assistant, Welfare Differently Abled Persons, Secretariat, Chennai-9. 84.T Saravanan, S/o.M Thangamuthu Assistant, Public Department, Secretariat, Chennai-9. 85.R Udayakumar, S/o.Rajkumar S, Assistant, Personnel & Administrative Reforms Department, Secretariat, Chennai-9. 86.V.C.Ramya, D/o.Chandrasekaran U., Assistant, https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis WP No. 34599 of 2012 Commercial Tax & Registration Department, Secretariat, Chennai-9. 87.V Muniswamy, S/o. T S Venkatesan, Assistant, Public Department, Secretariat, Chennai-9. 88.J Parthasarathy, S/o. A Janakiraman, Assistant, Public Department, Secretariat, Chennai-9. 89.C.Jamaluddin, S/o.S.Chandbasha Assistant, Public Department, Secretariat, Chennai-9. 90.M.Kumar, S/o.T.K.Marisamy, Assistant, Industries Department, Secretariat, Chennai-9. 91.G.Saravana Boopalan, S/o.Gunaseela Murthy, Assistant, Handlooms, Handicraft, Textiles & Khadi, Secretariat, Chennai-9. 92.K.Senthilkumar, S/o.K.Kuppachari, Assistant, Public Department, Secretariat, Chennai-9. https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis WP No. 34599 of 2012 93.V.Tamilselvan, S/o.Velayuthan, Assistant, Health & Family Welfare Department, Secretariat, Chennai-9. 94.Priyadharshini, S/o.P.Ulaganathan, Assistant, Health & Family Welfare Department, Chennai-9. 95.K.Ravi, S/o.V.Koothaperumal, Assistant, Public Department, Secretariat, Chennai-9. 96.V.Sasikumar, S/o.K.Veluchami, Assistant, Housing & Urban Development Department, Secretariat, Chennai-9. 97.N.Muthuparvathi, D/o.M.Nallsivam, Assistant, Public Department, Secretariat, Chennai-9. 98.M.Kalpana, D/o.P.Muthusamy, Assistant, Rural Development & Panchayat Raj, Secretariat, Chennai-9. 99.Y.Sahul Ahamed, S/o.Yusuf, https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis WP No. 34599 of 2012 Assistant, Revenue Department, Secretariat, Chennai-9. 100.K.Rajavel, S/o.S.Kannivelu, Assistant, Home Department, Secretariat, Chennai-9. 101.L.Praveena, D/o.S.Logesh, Assistant, Home Department, Secretariat, Chennai-9. 102.S.Vennila, D/o.M.Subramani, Assistant, Revenue Department, Secretariat, Chennai-9. 103.A.Karthikeyan, S/o.Adhi, Assistant, Agriculture Department, Secretariat, Chennai-9. 104.R.Suresh Kumar, S/o.A.Raju, Assistant, Public Department, Secretariat, Chennai-9. 105.K.Rizwanulla Shariff, Assistant https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis WP No. 34599 of 2012 Revenue Department, Secretariat, Chennai -9. [R57 To R105-impleaded as per order dated 29.10.2014 in M.P.No.1/14 in W.P.No.34599/2012.] Respondent(s) Prayer: This Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, calling for all the connected and relevant records relating to G.O.(4D) No.41 dated 02.11.2012 on the file of the Principal Secretary to Government, Personnel and Administrative Dept., Secretariat, Chennai 9, the first respondent, quash the same and consequently direct the respondents 1 & 2 to promote the petitioner to the post of Assistant Section Officer along with the Respondents 3 to 56 based on the seniority. For Petitioner(s): Mr.V.Rajamohan For Respondent(s): Mr.V.Veluchamy Government Advocate ORDER Today when this matter is taken up for hearing, the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner seeks leave of this Court to withdraw this petition and he also made an endorsement to that effect. https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis WP No. 34599 of 2012 2. In view of the above submission and endorsement made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, this Writ Petition is dismissed as withdrawn. No costs. 23-06-2025 jd Index:Yes/No Speaking/Non-speaking order Internet:Yes Neutral Citation:Yes/No To 1. The Principal Secretary to the Government, Personnel and Administration Department, Secretariat, Chennai 600 009. 2.The Chief Secretary to the Government, Government of Tamil Nadu, Secretariat, Chennai. https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis WP No. 34599 of 2012 MUMMINENI SUDHEER KUMAR J. jd WP No. 34599 of 2012 23-06-2025 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis