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M.Victor v. The Madras Race Club

CMP/20004/2022 · 2025-07-11

Anita Sumanth, N Senthilkumar

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CMP No. 20004 of 2022 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 11-07-2025 CORAM THE HONOURABLE DR.JUSTICE ANITA SUMANTH AND THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.SENTHILKUMAR CMP No. 20004 of 2022 AND OSA NO. 178 OF 2015 1. M.Victor S/o.Manasai, 12, Bharathiar Street, Pammal, Chennai 75 and 163 Others 2. N.Guru S/o.G.Neelakandan 41/20, Pillayar Koil Street, Maduvinkarai, Guindy, Chennai 32 3. V.Sivan S/o.Vellainaicker, 40, Five Furlong Road, Maduvinkarai, Guindy, Chennai 32 4. E.Rajini S/o.Elumalai, 56/36, Five Furlong Road, Maduvinkarai, Guindy, Chennai 32 5. A.Elumalai S/o.Arumugam, 40, Rathna Naikar Thottam, Five Furlong Road, Maduvinkarai, Guindy, Chennai 32 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CMP No. 20004 of 2022 6. V.Manoharan S/o.Venkatachalam, 41, Five Furlong Road, Maduvinkarai, Guindy, Chennai 32 7. K.Veeran S/o.Krishnan, 19, Pillayar Koil Street, Maduvinkarai, Guindy, Chennai 32 8. M.Pattu, S/o. Murugesan, 7/13, Sathanipet, First Street, Maduvinkarai, Guindy, Chennai- 32 9. K.Shanmugam S/o. Kannappa Naicker, E8/182, Kambar Street, Nehru Nagar, Kuthanoor. 10. R.Kesavan, S/o. M.Raj, 12/25, Manthottam, 2 nd street, Maduvinkarai, Guindy, Chennai- 32 11. E.Ravi S/o. Elumalai, 20/70, Five Furlong Road, Maduvinkarai, Guindy, Chennai- 32 12. M.Padma, W/o. Murugesan, 33, Pillaiayar Koil Street, Maduvinkarai, Guindy, Chennai- 32 13. N.Selvam https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CMP No. 20004 of 2022 S/o. Natesan, 6/9, Race View, Five Furlong Road, Maduvinkarai, Guindy, Chennai-32 14. S.Santha, S/o. Ellappan, 4/8, K.V.K.Street, Check Post, Velanchery, Chennai- 42. 15. K.Asai, S/o. Kandasamy, 39/43, M.G.R.Street, Bharathi Nagar, Guindy, Chennai-32 16. V.Mani S/o. Venkatachalam, 41, Five Furlong Road, Maduvinkarai, Guindy, Chennai- 32 17. R.Sudhakar, S/o.M.Raghavan, 1/2, 58, J.J.Nagar, Mogappair East, Chennai- 600 037. 18. V.Jayaraman S/o. Veerachamy, 3, Race Course Road, Maduvinkarai, Gunidy, Chennai- 32. 19. S.Venkatesh, S/o. Chellappa, 40, Rathnanaicken Thottam, Maduvinkarai, Gunidy, Chennai- 32. 20. M.Chellappan, M.Chellappan, S/o. Munusamy Naicker, 3/1120, 10 th street, Gandhi Nagar, Kovilambakkam, Chennai- 117. 21. R.Perumal, https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CMP No. 20004 of 2022 S/o. Ragavan, 3/29, Nagarathinam Pillar Koil Street, Kuntrathur, Kalladipet, Sirukalathur, Chennai- 69. 22. D.Ravi, S/o. Duraisamy, 80, Pillaiyar Koil Street, Maduvinkarai, Gunidy, Chennai- 32. 23. M.Rajendran, S/o. Muthu, 1/9, Narasingapuram, Guindy Chennai- 32. 24. S.Rajapeter, S/o. Selvaraj, 6, Race View Quarters, Five Furlong Road, Maduvinkarai, Guindy, Chennai-32 25. M.Jesudoss, S/o. Manasai, 12, Bharathiyar street, Pammal, Chennai- 75. 26. V.Gipsonraj, S/o. M.Victor, 7/12, Bharathiyar street, Pammal, Chennai-75. 27. S.Mahendran, S/o.Sundram, 4, Anna Nagar, 2 nd street, Mambakkam, Chennai- 126. 28. T.Punniakotti, S/o. S.Thangavel, 14, Narasingapuram, Chennai-32 29. G.M.Murugan, S/o. M.Mani, 40, Five Furlong Road, https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CMP No. 20004 of 2022 Maduvinkarai, Guindy, Chennai-32 30. M.Murugan, S/o.M.Mani, 3, Arulayee Amman Pettai, Alandur Road, Chennai-32. 31. V.Venkatesan, S/o. Venkatachalam, 41/1, Five Furlong Road, Maduvinkarai, Guindy, Chennai- 32 32. G.Mani, S/o. D.Gopal, 109, Gandhi Nagar main Road, Ekkattuthangal, Chennai-32 33. J.Mohanraj, S/o. J.S.Jabamani, 23B, First Street, Masoothi colony, Maduvinkarai, Guindy, Chennai-32 34. S.Shanmugham, S/o. S.M.Sundaram, 3, Race Park, Five Furlong Road, Maduvinkarai, Guindy, Chennai-32 35. M.Srinivasan, S/o. T.Manickam, 56/36, Five Furlong Road, Maduvinkarai, Guindy, Chennai- 32 36. R.Srinivasan, S/o. V.Radhakrishnan, 2, Ellaiamman Koil Street, Thiruninravur, Chennai- 602 024. 37. A.Sekar, https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CMP No. 20004 of 2022 S/o. P.Annamalai, 10, Manthoppu 2 nd street, Five Furlong Road, Maduvinkarai, Guindy, Chennai-32 38. N.Sekar, S/o. Nataraj, 41, Five Furlong Road, Maduvinkarai, Guindy, Chennai-32 39. G.K.Rajendran, S/o. G.Kannan, 19, Five Furlong Road, Maduvinkarai, Guindy, Chennai-32 40. S.Samuel, S/o.Chellan, 21, Dhandapani Street, Velanchery, Chennai-42. 41. K.Thirunavukkarasu, S/o. V.Kannan, 7, Manthoppu 2 nd street, Maduvinkarai, Guindy, Chennai- 32. 42. D.Loganathan, S/o. P.Duraikannan, 13/29, Dhandapani Street, Velanchery, Chennai- 42. 43. M.Jesudoss, S/o. P.Munusamy, 2/17 B, European Line, St.Thomas Mount, Chennai -16 44. V.Kotti, V.Kotti, S/o. Venu, 54, Five Furlong Road, Maduvinkarai, Guindy, Chennai- 32 45. R.Selvam, S/o. Ramachandran, 14, 4 th street, https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CMP No. 20004 of 2022 Kannan Colony, Alandur, Chennai- 16. 46. M.Mani, S/o. Munusamy, 24, Dhandapani street, Velachery, Chennai- 42. 47. D.Madhan, S/o.P.Durairaj, 18A, kogilam 3 rd cross street, Velachery, Chennai- 42. 48. M.Murali Krishnan, S/o.Munivel, No.3, Race Park, Five Furlong Road, Maduvinkarai, Guindy, Chennai-32 49. M.Maridoss, S/o. Munusami, 24, Rajiv Gandhi Street, Pallikaranai, Chennai- 600 032. 50. D.Suguna, W/o.M.Durai, Race view, Five Furlong Road, Maduvinkarai, Guindy, Chennai- 32 51. M.Krishnan, S/o.Mani, 16/33, Dhandapani Street, Velachery, Chennai-42. 52. N.Rajan, S/o.Nagaiah, 18/63, Nasarethpuram, St.Thomos Mount, Chennai- 16 53. S.Sivaprakasam, S/o.M.Sambantham, 11/9, Sowri Street, Alandur, Chennai-16. 54. R.A.Arumugam https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CMP No. 20004 of 2022 , S/o.Rajapalayam, 5/62, Nehru Nagar,Nanmangalam, Chennai-117. 55. E.Manonmani, W/o.M.Elumalai, 1/21, Five Furlong Road, Maduvinkarai, Guindy, Chennai- 32. 56. E.Vijayakumar S/o.Ettiappan, 3, 3 rd Street Moongile Lake, Pammal, Pallavaram,Chennai- 75. 57. E.Jagannathan, S/o. Etiappan, 3, 3 rd Street Moongile Lake, Pammal, Pallavaram,Chennai- 75. 58. E.Ganesan, S/o. Egambaram, 12/9, Parasuraman Street, Velachery, Chennai-42. 59. M.Nagarajan, S/o.Manavalan, 22, M.G.R.Street, Bharathi Nagar, Guindy, Chennai-600 032. 60. G.Vadivelu, S/o.Ganesan, 9, Masoothi Colony 1 st Street, Guindy, Chennai- 600 032. 61. S.Jayaraj, S/o.Penchilaiah, 119, Rajapalayam Street, St.Thomos Mount, Chennai-116. 62. E.Krishnan, https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CMP No. 20004 of 2022 S/o.Elumalai, 13/5,Kamarajar Street, Velachery, Chennai- 42. 63. B.P.Vengatesan, S/o.Pillaiah, 46, Ramar Koil Street, Nasarethpuram, St.Thomos Mount, Chennai- 116. 64. G.Punniyakotty, S/o. Ganesan, 45, Five Furlong Road, Maduvinkarai, Guindy, Chennai-32. 65. G.Kala, W/o.Munusamy, 2/266, Lotus Colony, Sithalpakkam, Valluvar Nagar, Chennai-126. 66. A.Noor Mohamed, S/o.A.Abupacker, 3/353, Panchachacharam Nagar, Chinnappanchery, Paraniputhur,Chennai- 122. 67. S. S. Mani S/o. V.T. Sampanthamoorthi 24/30, Appavoo street, Alandur, Chennai 16. 68. T. Govindaraj S/o. M. Thamburan D. no. 9, 122, kambar street, Klambakkam, Urapakkam Po. Kanchipuram Dist 603 202. 69. K. Muthu S/o. Kannappan 2/737, Chinna Kovilambakkam, Kolathur, main road, https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CMP No. 20004 of 2022 Chennai 117. 70. N. Kanniappan S/o. Narayanaswamy S2, Sowri Street, Alandur, Chennai 16. 71. M. Palani, S/o. Mokkaiah 42/8. 5 th Street, Gangai Nagar, Velachery, Chennai 42. 72. B. Sivakumar1 S/o. Balaram 5, Paulkat Natesan Street, Velachery, Chennai 42. 73. N. K. Ashok Kumaran, S/o. Krishnamoorthi, 33A, 19 th East Cross Street, Vyasarpadi, MKB nagar, Chennai 39. 74. V. Pushpa W/o. K. vellai D. No. 2B, Kannapiran Kovil Street, Pallikaranai, Chennai 100. 75. K.V. Venkatesan S/o. Vishwanathan No. 13, 3 rd street, Moongil Aeri, Pammal, Chennai 75. 76. P. kothandaraman S/o. Ponnurangam 48, Five Furlong Road, Guindy, Chennai 32. 77. B. Deenadayalan S/o. K.C. Balaram 92, Nasarethpuram, St. Thomas Mount, Chennai 16. 78. R. Sekar S/o. Raman 10, Kannan colony 3 rd https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CMP No. 20004 of 2022 street, Chennai 16. 79. P. Sureshkumar S/o. Pachaiyappan C-1/5, Chettinad Quarters, R.A. Puram, Chennai 28. 80. P.N. Venkatesan S/o. P.N. Naidu 8/43, Nasarethpuram, St. Thomas Mount, Chennai 16. 81. P. Raji S/o. Periyasami C/2, Chettinad House, Staff Quarters, R.A. Puram, Chennai 28. 82. C. Karunanidhi S/o. P.K. Chandrasekar No.1, Krishnasami Street, Chaman Nagar, Essar Pallavaram, Chennai 43. 83. A. Asslam John S/o. Abdul Kadhar 43, Muktamji Street, Alandur, Chennai 16. 84. G. Sankar S/o. S.K. Govindasami No. 28/26, Sanyasi, Subendra Street, Alandur, Chennai 16. 85. T. Srinivasan S/o. Tirupaul Kalkuli, Velachery Main Road, Guindy, Chennai 32. 86. A. Marimuthu1 S/o. D. Arumugam, No. 6, E.V.R Street, Kamarajapuram, Chennai 73. https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CMP No. 20004 of 2022 87. M.D.K. Noorullah S/o. K.M. Mohamed Ali 3/29, Nathar Subaidar Street, Alandur, Chennai 15. 88. N. Bagavan, S/o. C. Natesan 33, Thiruvalluvar St, Velachery, Chennai 42. 89. A. Albert S/o. Agustin 6/61A, Karayar Kovil Street, St. Thomas Mount, Chennai 92. 90. S. Kadirvel S/o. Subramani 387, Sheik Abdullah Nagar, Chelliamman Kovil Street, Arugambakkam, Chennai 92. 91. V. Govindharaju, S/o. A. Venkatesan 432, Veerapandian Nagar, Nanmangalam, Chennai 117. 92. S. John Peter, S/o. M. Selvaraj, 6/4, Karayarkoil Street, St. Thomas mount, Chennai 16. 93. G. Selvam, S/o. Govindaraj 20/35, Thiruvalluvar Street, Velachery, Chennai 42. 94. H. Parthiban S/o. C. Harikrishnan 110/112, Kannaigapuram 9 th Street, Velachery Main Road, Guindy, Chennai 32. 95. K. Rajan S/o. Kosinathan 35, Kannigapuram 2 nd https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CMP No. 20004 of 2022 Street, Velachery Main Road, Guindy, Chennai 32. 96. S. Mahendran S/o. Subban No. 4, 10 th Street, CLC Line, Chrompet, Chennai 44. 97. P. Chakarapani S/o. Perumal No. 69, Swamiyar Thottam, Saidapet, Chennai 15. 98. M. Sivaraj S/o, K. Mani 9/5, Puthiya kannigapuram 1 st street, Velachery Main Road, Guindy, Chennai 32. 99. B. Anbu S/o. Balu No. 3, Race Park, Five Furlong Road, Guindy, Chennai 32. 100. M. Jaganathan S/o. Munusamy 46/71, Nemilichery High Road, Chrompet, Chennai 44. 101. K. Ramsingh S/o. Kamalsingh 11/24, Nathar Subaidar Street, Alandur, Chennai 16. 102. M. Chinnadurai1 S/o. Mallapuri No. 3, Race Park, Five Furlong Road, Guindy, Chennai 32. 103. P. Loganathan S/o. Padavattan 61, Dr. Ambedkar Nagar, St. Thomas, Mount, Chennai 16. 104. D. Subramani https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CMP No. 20004 of 2022 S/o. Dharuman No. 3, Race Park, Five Furlong Road, Guindy, Chennai 32. 105. C. Ganesan S/o. Chinnaiah S-3, MRC Staff Quarters, Kannigapuram, Guindy, Chennai 32 106. G. Sairam S/o. Govindaraj, No. 63, Pillayar Kovil St, Maduvinkarai, Guindy, Chennai 32. 107. M. Dhandapani S/o. T.M. Moorthi Race View, Five Furlong Road, Maduvinkarai, Guindy, Chennai 32. 108. D. Lazar S/o. J.P. Doss No. 16 B, Sathani Pettai, 2 nd Cross Road, Velachery, Chennai 42. 109. M. Mani S/o. Munusami 21/10, Annamali 1 st street, Mettupalayam, West Saidapet, Chennai 33. 110. A. Ammavasai S/o. P. Velan No. 3, D block, MRC Staff Quarters, Velachery Main Road, Guindy, Chennai 32. 111. K. Hemanathan S/o. M. Kannan 15/23, Kuntrakudi nagar, Neruppamedai, Adambakkam, Chennai 88. https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CMP No. 20004 of 2022 112. R.K Sureshkumar S/o. R. Radhakrishnan 14/27, Mannadiamman Kovil 2 nd street, Adambakkam, Chennai 88. 113. R. Sampath S/o. C. Ranganathan 1536, 91 st Street, Adambakkam, Chennai 88. 114. P. Ravikumar S/o. Palanichami, No. 5E, Subash Chandra Bose Streert, Perungudi, Chennai 96. 115. M. Shankar S/o. C.S. Munusamy 14/41, M.K.N Road, Subba Reddy Street, Alandur, Chennai 16. 116. G. Nagaraj, S/o. S. Ganapathy 7/11 B, Janaki Residency, Madavaperumal south street, Alandur, Chennai 16. 117. P. Sathyakumar S/o. Ponnusami No. 4, Krishnamoorthi St, Bharathi nagar, Guindy, Chennai 32. 118. A. Anthony S/o. Antony Francies No. 9, Bharathi Street, Bharathi nagar, Guindy, Chennai 32. 119. V. Prabhu https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CMP No. 20004 of 2022 S/o. S.M. Vadivelu N0. 72. Venkatapuram, Saidapet, Chennai 15. 120. A. Jayachandran S/o. Ankaiah No. 132, 9 th street, Debor Nagar, Vyasarpadi, Chennai 39. 121. K. Gopinath S/o. K. Kanniappan No. 4, Thiruvalluvar 3 rd Street, Adambakkam, Chennai 88. 122. E. Sivakumar S/o. Elumalai No. 70, Thiruvalluvar Street, Manamai, Kalpakkam Road, Kanchipuram District. 123. P. Saravanan S/o. Panchatcharam No. 317, Palur, Chengleput, kanchipuram Dist. 124. C. Sathyakumar S/o. D. Chakrapani 12/34, Kaaji St, Alandur, Chennai 16. 125. D. Chakarapani S/o. M. Dhansing 34/B, 12/34, Kaaji St, Alandur, Chennai 16. 126. A. Vijayakumar S/o. V. Ammavasai No. 3, Kannigapuram, Velachery Main Road. Guindy, Chennai 32. 127. P. Malcom S/o. A. Patrick D 3, New Quarters, https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CMP No. 20004 of 2022 Race Course Interior Road, Guindy, Chennai 32. 128. R. Ruban S/o. Royappan No. 2, Adambakkam Kuntrakudi Nagar, Chennai 88. 129. G. Sivakumar S/o. K. Govindan 4/31, Mannadiamman 2 nd street, Adambakkam, Chennai 88. 130. R. Raji S/o. Rangan 5, M.G.R. Street, Bharathi Nagar, Guindy, Chennai 32. 131. X. Francis S/o. Xavier No. 5, J Block, Raj Bhavan, Chennai 22. 132. K. Elumalai S/o. Kannan No.1/286, Indragandhi Street, Jaladeganpettai, Chennai. 133. M. Leo Canvey S/o. P. Malcom D 3, New Quarters, race Course Interior, Guindy, Chennai 32. 134. M. Ramesh S/o. N. Munusamy R1, MRC Staff Quarters Interior Road, Guindy, Chennai 32. 135. M. Velu S/o. N. Munusamy 19B, Bakthawatchalam Street, Sakthi nagar, Lakshmipuram, Malayambakkam, https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CMP No. 20004 of 2022 Kanchipuram District. 136. K. Sudhakar S/o. Kumar 19/44, Dhandapani street, Velachery, Chennai 42. 137. B. Raji S/o. Balakrishnan No. 52, Five Furlong Road, Maduvinkarai, Guindy, Chennai 32. 138. K. Govindasamy S/o. G. Kannan No. 37, Five Furlong Road, Guindy, Chennai 32. 139. H. Arul S/o. P. D. Hentry No. 5, Perambanur, Maraimalai nagar, Kanchipuram district. 140. K. Suresh S/o. C. Kuttamani No. 3, Race Park, Five Furlong Road, Guindy, Chennai 32. 141. M. Senthil S/o. Muthu No. 3, Race Park, Five Furlong Road, Guindy, Chennai 32. 142. S. Chandran S/o. Somu 54, 4 th street, Annai Sathya nagar, Poothapedu, Ramvaram Chennai 89. 143. Antony Udayakumar S/o. Shanmugam No. 3, Race Park, https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CMP No. 20004 of 2022 Five Furlong Road, Guindy, Chennai 32. 144. M. Sarom Sahayam S/o. A. Michael No. 3, Race Park, Five Furlong Road, Guindy, Chennai 32. 145. A. Mayalagu S/o. Alagumalai No. 13, karthikeyapuram, 12 th street, Madipakkam, Chennai 91 146. S. V. Baburaj S/o. Vadivel No. 9, MRC Interior Staff Quarters, Guindy, Chennai 32. 147. D. Karnan S/o. Duraikannu 19/44, Dhandapani street, Velachery, Chennai 42. 148. K. Saravanan S/o. M. kanniappan 2/58, B Dharmaraja kovil street Kovoor, Chennai 128. 149. R. Kandaswamy S/o. Radakrishnan 87, Sakthi nagar, 6 th street, Ponneri, Thiruvallur District. 150. V. Saravanan S/o. M. Varadhan 3/707, Amman Koil street, Gerugambakkam, Chennai 122. 151. D. Seetharaman S/o. Duraikannu 35, Appavooru Street, Alandur, Chennai 16. 152. G. R. Selvam https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CMP No. 20004 of 2022 S/o. G. Ramu N0. 9, Bharathi Street, Gandi nagar, vijayanagar Extension, Chennai 42. 153. M. Gopinath S/o. Murugesan 5/11A, Dhandapani Street, Velachery, Chennai 42. 154. R. Schellito Aninel Garfield S/o. R.P. Schellito 29, Rajambal Street, Saidapet, Chennai 83. 155. T. Mathialagan S/o. Tulukanam 24/36, Dhandapani street, Velachery, Chennai 42. 156. S. Moorthi S/o. Srinivasan 24/36, Dhandapani street, Velachery, Chennai 42. 157. K. Kumaresan S/o. E. Krishnan No. 44A/36, Bharathi nagar, Bharathi Street, Guindy, Chennai 32. 158. M. Samuel S/o. Manashe No. 10, Bharathiyar street, Krishna nagar, Pammal, Chennai 75. 159. S.Ramesh Pandi , S/o.K.Sekar, No.4B, Kalaivani Street, Venkateshwara Nagar, Ambatoor, Chennai. 160. B. Santhosh Singh https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CMP No. 20004 of 2022 S/o. Balaji 24, Natham Subbaidar street, Alandur, Chennai 16. 161. J. Srinivasan S/o. G. Jayaraman No. 29, SRP Kovil street, Agaram, Chennai 82. 162. D. Yuvaraj S/o. Duraisamy No. 1, D Block, MRC Staff Quarters Race course, Interior road, Guindy, Chennai 32. 163. M.R. Pari Chelvan S/o. M.K. Ramadoss 10, Nethaji Street, Bharathi nagar, Guindy, Chennai 32. 164. R. Kumar S/o. Raman 10, 4 th street, kannan colony, Alandur, Chennai 16. Appellant(s) Vs 1. The Madras Race Club Rep. By its Secretary, Post Box No.2639 Guindy, Chennai-600 032 Respondent(s) OSA No. 178 of 2015 1. M.Victor 2.N.Guru https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CMP No. 20004 of 2022 3.V.Sivan 4.E.Rajini 5.A.Elumalai 6.V.Manoharan 7.K.Veeran 8.M.Pattu 9.K.Shanmugam 10.R.Kesavan 11.E.Ravi 12.M.Padma 13.N.Selvam 14.S.Santha 15.K.Asai https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CMP No. 20004 of 2022 16.V.Mani 17.R.Sudhar 18.V.Jayaraman 19.S.Venkatesh 20.M.Chellappan 21.R.Perumal 22.D.Ravi 23.M.Rajendran 24.S.Rajapeter 25.M.Jesudoss 26.V.Gipsonraj 27.S.Mahendran https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CMP No. 20004 of 2022 28.T.Punniakotti 29.G.M.Murugan 30.M.Murugan 31.V.Venkatesan 32.G.Mani 33.J.Mohanraj 34.S.Shanmugam 35.M.Srinivasan 36.R.Srinivasan 37.A.Sekar 38.N.Sekar 39.G.K.Rajendran 40.S.Samuel https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CMP No. 20004 of 2022 41.K.Thirunavukarasu 42.D.Loganthan 43.M.Jesudoss 44.V.Kotti 45.R.Selvam 46.M.Mani 47.D.Madhan 48.M.Murali Krishnan 49.M.Mariadoss 50.D.Suguna 51.M.Krishnan 52.N.Rajan https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CMP No. 20004 of 2022 53.S.Sivaprakasam 54.R.A.Arumugam 55.E.Manonmani 56.E.Vijayakumar 57.E.Jagannathan 58.E.Ganesan 59.M.Nagarajan 60.G.Vadivelu 61.S.Jayaraj 62.E.Krishnan 63.B.P.Vengatesan 64.G.Punniyakotty 65.G.Kala https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CMP No. 20004 of 2022 66.A.Noor Mohamed 67.S.S.Mani 68.T.Govindaraj 69.K.Muthu 70.N.Kanniappan 71.M.Palani 72.B.Sivakumar 73.N.K.Ashok Kumaran 74.V.Pushpa 75.K.V.Venkatesan 76.P.Kothandaraman 77.B.Deenadayalan https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CMP No. 20004 of 2022 78.R.Sekar 79.P.Sureshkumar 80.P.N.Venkatesan 81.P.Raji 82.C.Karunanidhi 83.A.Asslam John 84.G.Sankar 85.T.Srinivasan 86.A.Marimuthu 87.M.D.K.Noorullah 88.N.Bagavan 89.A.Albert 90.S.Kadirvel https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CMP No. 20004 of 2022 91.V.Govindharaju 92.S.John Peter 93.G.Selvam 94.H.Parthiban 95.K.Rajan 96.S.Mahendran 97.P.Chakarapani 98.M.Sivaraj 99.B.Anbu 100.M.Jaganathan 101.K.Ramsingh 102.M.Chinnadurai https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CMP No. 20004 of 2022 103.P.Loganathan 104.D.Subramani 105.C.Ganesan 106.G.Sairam 107.M.Dhandapani 108.D.Lazar 109.M.Mani 110.A.Ammavasai 111.K.Hemanathan 112.R.K.Sureshkumar 113.R.Sampath 114.P.Ravikumar 115.M.Shankar https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CMP No. 20004 of 2022 116.G.Nagaraj 117.P.Sathyakumar 118.A.Anthony 119.V.Prabhu 120.A.Jayachandran 121.K.Gopinath 122.E.Sivakumar 123.P.Saravanan 124.C.Sathyakumar 125.D.Chakarapani 126.A.Vijayakumar 127.P.Malcom https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CMP No. 20004 of 2022 128.R.Ruban 129.G.Sivakumar 130.R.Raji 131.X.Francis 132.K.Elumalai 133.M.Leo Canvey 134.M.Ramesh 135.M.Velu 136.K.Sudhakar 137.B.Raji 138.K.Govindasamy 139.H.Arul 140.K.Suresh https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CMP No. 20004 of 2022 141.M.Senthil 142.S.Chandran 143.Antony Udayakumar 144.M.Sarom Sahayam 145.A.Mayalagu 146.S.V.Baburaj 147.D.Karnan 148.K.Saravanan 149.R.Kandaswamy 150.V.Saravanan 151.D.Seetharaman 152.G.R.Selvam https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CMP No. 20004 of 2022 153.M.Gopinath 154.R.Schellito Aninel Garfield 155.T.Mathialagan 156.S.Moorthi 157.K.Kumaresan 158.M.Samuel 159.S.Ramesh Pandi 160.B.Santhosh Singh 161.J.Srinivasan 162.D.Yuvaraj 163.M.R.Pari Chelvan 164.R.Kumar Appellant(s) https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CMP No. 20004 of 2022 Vs 1. The Madras Race Club Rep.By Its Secretary, Post Box No.2639 Guindy, Chennai 32 Respondent(s) CMP No. 20004 of 2022 PRAYER To allow this petition and issue clarification in the order of O.S.A.No.178 of 2015 and M.P.No.1 of 2015 dated 09.09.2015 CMP No. 20004 of 2022 For Appellant(s): Mr. V. Prakash, Senior Counsel For Mr. K.Sudalaikannu, For Appellant For Respondent(s): Mr.L.Damodharan (caveator) For Respondent. ORDER (Order of the Court was made by Dr.Anita Sumanth,J.) The OSA to which the present Miscellaneous Petition relates has been disposed on 09.09.2015 in the following terms: '4. In the aforesaid contours of the dispute, it is agreed that the appeal may be disposed of in the following terms: a) Written statement having been filed, the replication may be filed within two weeks thereof. b) In view of the limited nature of evidence required, keeping in mind the already overburdened roster of the Master list, it is agreed that the evidence be recorded before a retired Judicial Officer, to expedite the final disposal of the suit. Normally in such a case, the costs would be borne in https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CMP No. 20004 of 2022 equal shares, but given the unequal position of the two parties, the respondent has to bear the costs of recording the evidence which is quantified at Rs.50,000/- apart from out of packet expenses. c) We appoint Mr.C.Manickam, a retired Judicial Officer to record evidence. d) So far as preparing the suit for recording of evidence is concerned, the matter be listed before the learned single Judge for framing of issues on 30 th September, 2015. e) The parties will file their respective documents within two weeks thereafter and the matter be listed before the Master on 14 th October, 2015 for exhibiting the documents. Thereafter, the evidence will be recorded before the Commissioner. f) On recording of evidence being completed, the matter be listed for direction before the learned single Judge for giving a final quietus to the matter inview of the limited issues involved and also in line with the view of the learned single Judge that the relief in the nature of interlocutory stage is really a relief at the final stage.' 2. Thereafter, it appears that the defendant in the suit, ie., the employer, Madras Race Club did not pay the sum of Rs.50,000/- to the retired Judicial Officer appointed for taking evidence and hence there was no progress on that front. While so, the suit was transferred to XXI Additional City Civil Court, Lilly Pond Complex, Chennai on account of the pecuniary jurisdiction of the High Court. 3. Hence the present petition has come to be filed by the https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CMP No. 20004 of 2022 plaintiffs/petitioners seeking a clarification as to whether the Trial Court can record evidence. Though the name of Mr.L.Damodharan, learned counsel who is on caveat is printed for the Madras Race Club, there is no appearance on their behalf. 4. Since the suit is of the year 2012 and taking into account the nature of the relief sought, no further time should be lost in proceeding further with the matter. Hence a direction is to given to XXI Additional City Civil Judge, Lilly Pond Complex, Chennai to proceed with the matter, record evidence, complete the trial and dispose the same within a period of four (4) months from date of receipt of a copy of this order. 5. The Miscellaneous Petition stands allowed. No costs. [A.S.M.,J] [N.S.,J] 11.07.2025 sl To 1.The Madras Race Club Rep. By its Secretary, Post Box No.2639 Guindy, Chennai-600 032 2. XXI Additional City Civil Court, Lilly Pond Complex, Chennai https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis CMP No. 20004 of 2022 ANITA SUMANTH J. AND N.SENTHILKUMAR J. sl CMP No. 20004 of 2022 AND OSA NO. 178 OF 2015 11-07-2025 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis