Full Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 05-02-2026
CORAM
THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE R. SURESH KUMAR AND THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SHAMIM AHMED CMP No. 21979 of 2025 and CMP No. 14377 Of 2025
1. J. Rajkumar S/o.C.Jayaraman,
2. D. Ramesh Babu S/o.M.Durai Raj,
3. K.Ramadevi W/O. G. Arunachalam,
4. P. Vasantha D/o. Paramasivam,
5. B.Gopi S/o.S. Boopathy,
6. R.Selvakumari W/o.V. Balasubramaniyan,
7. S.R. Sudha W/o. K.G. Yuvaraaj,
8. B. Jayakumar T. B. Bheeman,
9. A.Dhanalakshmi D/o K.Arumugam (Late), Page1 of 12
10.B. Viswanathan S/o. Basuvan, 11.B. Kumar S/o. S. K. Bhojan, 12.A. Sancheevi Deepam W/o. Deebalan (late) 13.L. Kamala Devi W/o P. Dharmaraj, 14.G. Kanagalakshmi D/o. G.Gundan, 15.M. Malathi W/o. S. Rayar, 16.R. Suja W/o. M.A. Arumuga Sekar, 17.G. Chellathai W/o. Ramachandran, 18.A. Annalatha W/o. M. Ayyanan, 19.K. Ramesh S/o. Kuppan 20.Y.Ebhesi D/o Yesupatham 21.V.Banu Rekha W/o.G.Kanagaraj, 22.L.Ganesan S/o. K.Laksmanan 23.R.Sivakumar S/o.P.Rengasamy, Page2 of 12
24.M.Ravikumar S/o. M.Moses, 25.M.Sulaiha Banu W/o. Basheerahamed, 26.M. Rajasekar S/o. Muniyan, 27.V.Singaravadivel S/o. K.Varatharajan 28.M. Muthazhahan S/o. S. Muthukrishnan (late), 29.C. Mariyappan S/o.M.Chellam 30.R. Sundaresan Babu S/o. K. Rajagopal, 31.K.Nirmala D/o E.Kannan, 32.M. Dhanalakshmi D/o Muthiya, 33.M. Kanthasri D/o. Mahalingam 34.M. Sathiyamoorthy S/o. C. Manoharan, ..Petitioners Vs
1. K.Anitha W/o. Selvasundaram,
2. N.Varalakshmi W/o. Manikandan, Page3 of 12
3. B.Sarasu W/o. Madhavan,
4. C.Mani S/o. Chinnaponnam,
5. A.Chitra Devi W/o. Marimuthukumar,
6. G.Duraisamy S/o. Gurunathan,
7. S.Santhakumari D/o.C.Sundararajan,
8. S.Rajeswari W/o. Jayaprakash Narayanan,
9. S.Chandrika
W/o. K.K.Muniyaraj, 10.R.Saravani S/o. Rajamuthu, 11.A.Malaichamy S/o. R.Arumugam, 12.C.Samundeeswari W/o. R.Pandi, 13.V.Muthukumar S/o. Vellaisamy, 14.J.Krishnaveni W/o. P.Sundaram, 15.N.Sudha W/o. Senthil Kumar, 16.P.Govinthammal W/o. M.Sudhakar, Page4 of 12
17.K.Sasi Kumar S/o. Kandasamy, 18.S.Revathi W/o. M.Senthil Kumar, 19.S.Sadasivam S/o. M.Srinivasan, 20.The Government of Tamil Nadu Rep by its Secretary to Government, Revenue Department, Chennai-600 009. 21.The Director Social Security Scheme, Revenue Administration Department, Chepauk, Chennai-600 005. 22.The District Collector Dharmapuri District, Dharmapuri. 23.The District Collector Kancheepuram District, Kancheepuram. 24.The District Collector Salem District, Salem. 25.The District Collector Namakkal District, Namakkal. Page5 of 12
26.The District Collector Ariyalur District, Ariyalur. 27.The District Collector Krishnagiri District, Krishnagiri. 28.The District Collector Coimbatore District, Coimbatore. 29.The District Collector Perambalur District, Perambalur. 30.The District Collector Erode District, Erode. 31.The District Collector Tiruppur District, Tiruppur. 32.The District Collector Uthagamandalam, Nilgris District 33.The District Collector Theni District, Theni. 34.The District Collector Madurai District, Madurai.
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35.The District Collector Dindugal District, Dindugal. 36.The District Collector Nagapattinam District, Nagapattinam. 37.The District Collector Pudukottai District, Pudukottai. 38.The District Collector Virudhunagar District, Virudhunagar. 39.The District Collector Sivagangai District, Sivagangai. 40.The District Collector Tiruchirapalli District, Tiruchirapali. 41.The District Collector Ramanathapuram District, Ramanathapuram. 42.The District Collector Karur District Karur.
..Respondent(s) Page7 of 12 Civil Miscellaneous Petition is filed under Order I Rule 10(2) of CPC, to implead the petitioners as Respondents No. 24 to 57 in the above writ appeal in W.A. No. 1884 of 2025 and allow the said writ appeal and thus render justice. For Petitioners : Mr.V.George Raja For Respondents : Mr.S.Nambi Arooran, for M/s.Ajmal Associates [R1 to R19] Mr.P.Muthu Kumar, Additional Advocate General assisted by Mr.S.John J.Raja Singh, Additional Government Pleader [R20 to R42]
Order
(Order of the Court was made by R.Suresh Kumar J.) The present petitioners were temporarily appointed as Data Entry Operators on a consolidated pay, and they claimed to have been working for some years. Subsequently, not only the present petitioners but also the main writ appellants, who are the private respondents in this petition are also similarly placed persons, since they were also appointed like the present petitioners, had been terminated.
2. Challenging the termination order those writ petitioners, who are the
appellants herein had earlier filed writ petition unsuccessfully, therefore, they preferred the present writ appeal, hence this present writ appeal. Page8 of 12
3. Insofar as the present petitioners are concerned, they never agitate the
issue challenging the termination order in the manner known to law and if at all they have any grievance over the termination order, they should have agitated the issue in the manner known to law. They cannot seek for an impleadment that too at the appeal stage in the present appeal as respondents. Therefore, the present petition is liable to be dismissed for the aforestated reason and accordingly, it is dismissed. No costs. However, dismissal of this petition would not preclude the present petitioners to agitate the issue if they are advised to do so in the manner known to law by initiating fresh litigation. (R.S.K.,J.) (S.S.A.,J.) 05-02-2026 Index: Yes/No
Speaking/Non-speaking order
Neutral Citation: Yes/No mp To
1. The Secretary to Government, Revenue Department, Chennai-600 009.
2. The Director Social Security Scheme, Revenue Administration Department, Chepauk, Chennai-600 005. Page9 of 12
3. The District Collector Dharmapuri District, Dharmapuri.
4. The District Collector Kancheepuram District, Kancheepuram.
5. The District Collector Salem District, Salem.
6. The District Collector Namakkal District, Namakkal.
7. The District Collector Ariyalur District, Ariyalur.
8. The District Collector Krishnagiri District, Krishnagiri.
9. The District Collector Coimbatore District, Coimbatore.
10. The District Collector Perambalur District, Perambalur.
11. The District Collector Erode District, Erode.
12. The District Collector Tiruppur District, Tiruppur.
13. The District Collector Uthagamandalam, Nilgris District. Page10 of 12
14. The District Collector Theni District, Theni.
15. The District Collector Madurai District, Madurai.
16. The District Collector Dindugal District, Dindugal.
17. The District Collector Nagapattinam District, Nagapattinam.
18. The District Collector Pudukottai District, Pudukottai.
19. The District Collector Virudhunagar District, Virudhunagar.
20. The District Collector Sivagangai District, Sivagangai.
21. The District Collector Tiruchirapalli District, Tiruchirapali.
22. The District Collector Ramanathapuram District, Ramanathapuram.
23. The District Collector Karur District Karur. Page11 of 12 R.SURESH KUMAR J. AND SHAMIM AHMED J. mp CMP No. 21979 of 2025 and CMP No. 14377 Of 2025 05.02.2026 Page12 of 12