WP/2287/2014 of MR.A.GUNALAN Vs UNION OF INDIA, REP BY ITS on 6 October 2026

1. Mr.A.Gunalan,

2. Mr.S.Subramanian,

3. Mrs.R.Shanthi,

4. Mrs.Booma Sowrirajan,

5. Mrs.B.Latha,

6. Mrs.R.Sivagami,

7. Mrs.M.Janaki Devi,

8. Mr.M.Sathiyanarayanan,

9. Mrs.D.Ezhilarasi,

10. Mr.K.B.Swaminathan,

11. Mr.V.Govindarajan,

12. Mrs.J.Tamilarasi,

13. Mrs.N.S.Ramadvi,

14. Mr.P.N.Ragurajan,

15. Mr.C.S.Sundar,

16. Mr.S.Gopalan,

17. Mr.M.Balakrishnan,

18. Mr.P.Asokan,

19. Mrs.Hemalatha Hariharan,

20. Mrs.G.Mathangi,

21. Mrs.M.Vijayalatha,

22. Mr.A.Ganesan,

23. Mrs.S.M.Fathima,

24. Mrs.S.T.Sarasavalli,

25. Mrs.R.Vasugi,

26. Mrs.G.Vijaya Banu,

27. Mr.G.Laksmikanthan,

28. Mrs.B.Sreedevi,

29. Mr.L.Ramesh,

30. Mrs.M.Saraswathi ..Petitioners Vs

1. Union Of India, Rep By its Secretary, Ministry Of Human Resource Development, Department of Higher Education, 'C' Wing, Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi-110 001.

2. Union of India, Rep. By its Secretary, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Room No.86-B, Parliament House, New Delhi-110 001.

3. Union Of India, Rep. By its Secretary (Personnel), Department of Personnel and Training, North Block, Presidential Palace, New Delhi-110 011.

4. Secretary, National Commission for Scheduled Castes, Second Floor, Block-5, Shastri Bhawan, Chennai-600 006.

5. The Board of Governors Rep. By The Chairman, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, No.3, Jaswant Baug (Runwal Park), Behind Akbarallys, Chembur Naka, Chembur, Mumbai-400 071.

6. The Director, IIT Madras, Chennai-600 036.

7. The Registrar, IIT Madras, Chennai-600 036.

8. Mr.R.Balakumar,

9. Mr.K.Rajendran,

10. Mr.K.Raman,

11. Mrs.P.A.Vijayakumari,

12. Mrs.B.Sundari,

13. Mrs.S.Revathi,

14. Mrs.V.Sitalakshmi,

15. Mr.G.Prabhakar,

16. Assistant Registrar (Admn-II) IIT Madras, Chennai- 600 036.

..Respondent(s) WP No. 3016 of 2014 CNR:{HCMA010989772014} A.Gunalan ..Petitioner Vs

1. Union of India, Rep. By its Secretary, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of Higher Education, 'C' Wing, Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi-110 001.

2. Union of India, Rep. by The Secretary, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Room No.86-B, Parliament House, New Delhi-110 001.

3. Union of India, Rep. By The Secretary (Personnel), Department of Personnel and Training, North Block, Presidential Palace, New Delhi-110 011.

4. Secretary, National Commission for Scheduled Castes, Second Floor, Block-5, Shastri Bhawan, Chennai-600 006.

5. The Board of Governors, Rep. By The Chairman, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, No.3, Jaswant Baug, (Runwal Park),

Behind Akbarallys, Chembur Naka, Chembur, Mumbai-400 071.

6. The Director IIT Madras, Chennai-600 036.

7. The Registrar. IIT Madras, Chennai-600 036.

8. The Liaison Officer for Scs and Sts, IIT Madras, Chennai-600 036. (This Writ Petition stands dismissed as against Respondents 2, 3, 4 &8 vide Court Order dated 01.04.2013 by SNJ in W.P.No.3016/2014) ..Respondent(s) WP No. 7948 of 2014 CNR:{HCMA011038672014}

1. P.Asokan

2. Booma Sowrirajan

3. B.Latha

4. R.Sivagami

5. M.Janaki Devi

6. M.Sathiyanarayanan

7. V.Govindarajan

8. N.S.Ramadevi

9. P.N.Ragurajan

10. Hemalatha Hariharan

11. G.Mathangi

12. M.Vijayalatha

13. S.Nirmala

14. K.B.Swaminathan

15. J.Tamilarasi

16. C.S.Sundar

17. S.Gopalan

18. M.Balakrishnan

19. A.Ganesan

20. S.M.Fathima

21. S.T.Sarasavalli

22. R.Vasugi

23. G.Vijaya Banu

24. B.Sreedevi

25. L.Ramesh

26. M.Saraswathi

27. D.Ezhilarasi ..Petitioners Vs

1. Union of India Rep.By Secretary, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of Higher Education, 'C ' Wing, Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi-110 001.

2. Union of India Rep. By The Secretary, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs,

Room No.86-B, Parliament House, New Delhi-110 001.

3. Union of India, Rep. By The Secretary (Personnel), Department of Personnel and Training, North Block, Presidential Palace, New Delhi-110 011.

4. Secretary, National Commission for Scheduled Castes, 2nd Floor, Block-5, Shastri Bhawan, Chennai-600 006.

5. The Board of Governors, Rep. By The Chairman, Indian Institute of Technology, Madars, No.3, Jaswant Baug, (Runwal Park), Behind Akbarallys, Chembur Naka, Chembur, Mumbai-400 071.

6. The Director IIT Madras, Chennai-600 036

7. The Registrar IIT Madras, Chennai-600 036

8. The Liaison Officer for SCs and STs. IIT Madras, Chennai-600 036 (This Writ Petition stands Dismissed as against Respondents 2, 3, 4 &8 vide Court order dated 01.04.2014 by SNJ in W.P.No.7948/2014) ..Respondent(s) WP No. 15396 of 2014 CNR:{HCMA011144992014}

1. Mr.A.Gunalan,

2. Mr.M.Sathiyanarayanan

3. Mrs.M.Vijayalatha

4. Mrs.D.Ezhilarasi

5. Mr.K.B.Swaminathan,

6. Mr.V.Govindarajan,

7. Mrs.J.Tamilarasi

8. Mrs.N.S.Ramadevi

9. Mr.P.N.Ragurajan

10. Mr.C.S.Sundar,

11. Mr.S.Gopalan,

12. Mrs.B.Sreedevi

13. Mrs.S.M.Fathima,

14. Mr.A.Ganesan

15. Mrs.G.Vijaya Banu,

16. Mrs.S.Nirmala

17. Mr.L.Ramesh

18. Mrs.S.T.Sarasavalli

19. Mrs.Hemalatha Hariharan

20. Mr.M.Balakrishnan,

21. Mrs.G.Mathangi

22. Mrs.M.Saraswathi

23. Mrs.Indira Raghavan

24. Mrs.S.Luxmy

25. Mrs.K.Meenakshi

26. Mr.M.Lenin Peusic

27. Mrs.E.Pushpa

28. Mr.V.Prabaharan

29. Mrs.Chitra Sankar

30. Mr.K.Hariharan,

31. Mrs.D.Rani ..Petitioner(s) Vs

1. Union of India, Rep. By Secretary, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of Higher Education, 'C' Wing, Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi-110 001..

2. The Board of Governors, Rep. By The Chairman, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, No.3, Jaswant Baug, (Runwal Park), Behind Akbarallys, Chembur Naka, Chembur, Mumbai-400 071.

3. The Director, IIT Madras, Chennai-600 036.

4. The Registrar, IIT Madras, Chennai-600 036. ..Respondent(s) Prayer in W.P.No.2287 of 2014: Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India, praying to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, to call for the records pertaining to the orders dated 08.07.2013 in File No. F. Admn. II/B3/2013/385 to 392 issued under the signature of the 16th respondent appointing the respondents 8 to 15, as Superintendents and quash the same and consequently direct the respondents 1, 5, 6 and 7 to convene proper Departmental Promotion Committee for promotion to the cadre of Superintendents by considering the persons in the Feeder Cadre as per the procedure laid down by the Respondent - 3 regarding vacancy-based- promotions. Prayer in W.P.No.3016 of 2014: Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India, praying to issue a Writ of Certiorari Mandamus, to call for the records pertaining to the Promotion Notice No.IITM/ RA/2/2013 dated 30.12.2013 for the post of Superintendents in the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai issued by the 7th respondent and quash the same, granting interim stay, and consequently direct the respondents 1, 5, 6 & 7 to convene proper Departmental Promotion Committee for promotion to the cadre of Superintendents by considering the persons in the Feeder Cadre as per the procedure laid down by the Respondent-3 regarding vacancy based promotions. Prayer in W.P.No.7948 of 2014: Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India, praying to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, to call for the records pertaining to the Promotion Notice No.IITM/RA/2/2013 dated 30.12.2013 for the post of Superintendents in the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai issued by the 7th respondent and quash the same and consequently direct the respondents 5, 6 & 7 to frame statutes with the prior approval of the visitor in accordance with Section 27 (3) of the Act, pertaining to the method of promotion for convening proper departmental promotion committee for promotion to the cadre of Superintendents by adhering the procedure laid down by the Respondents-3 regarding vacancy-based- promotions. (Prayer Amended as per Order dated 20.03.2014 by SNJ in M.P.No.2 of 2014)

Prayer in W.P.No.15396 of 2014: Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India, praying to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, to call for the records pertaining to the Promotion Notice No. IITM/RA/3/2014 dated 06.05.2014 for the post of Junior Superintendents in the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai issued by the 4th respondent and quash the same, and consequently direct the respondents 2,3 & 4 to frame Statutes pertaining to the method of promotion to the cadre of Junior Superintendents as per the procedure laid down by the Respondent-1 regarding vacancy-based-promotions by obtaining the prior approval of the Visitor as mandated in Sec.27(3) of the Institutes of Technology Act, 1961.

For Petitioner(s): :Mr.R.Natarajan - No Appearance For Respondent(s): :Mr.R.Subramanian Central Government Standing Counsel for R1 to R4 :Mr.Karthikrajan for M/s.Karthik Mukundan for R5 to 7 :No Appearance for R8- 16 WP No. 3016 of 2014 For Petitioner(s): :Mr.R.Natarajan - No Appearance For Respondent(s): :Mr.V.Balasubramanian Senior Panel Counsel for R1 :Mr.Karthikrajan for M/s.Karthik Mukundan for R5 to 7 :Dismissed for R2 to R4 & R8 vide Court Order dated 01.04.2014 WP No. 7948 of 2014 For Petitioner(s): : Mr.R.Natarajan - No Appearance For Respondent(s): :Mr.B.Rabu Manohar, SCGPC for R1 :Mr.Karthikrajan for M/s.Karthik Mukundan for R5 to 7 :Dismissed for R2 to R4 & R8 vide Court Order dated 01.04.2014 WP No. 15396 of 2014 For Petitioner(s): :Mr.R.Natarajan - No Appearance For Respondent(s): :Mr.B.Rabu Manohar, SCGPC for R1 :Mr.Karthikrajan for M/s.Karthik Mukundan for R2 to R4

COMMON ORDER

None appears for the petitioners. Even on the previous date of hearing, there was no representation for the petitioners.

2. It is to be noted that earlier in July, 2026 Mrs.Pooja, learned counsel had represented the petitioner and stated that the petitioners intend to obtain 'no objection vakalath' from the previous counsel Mr.R.Natarajan and sought time. However, till date, it appears that the petitioners had neither engaged another counsel nor provided instructions to the counsel through whom the present writ petitions was got filed.

3. Thus, this Court is of the view that the petitioner is not interested to pursue the writ petitions.

4. Accordingly, the present writ petitions are dismissed for non- prosecution. Consequently, connected Miscellaneous Petitions are closed. No order as to costs. 06-10-2026 Index: Yes/No Speaking/Non-speaking order Neutral Citation: Yes/No dh To

1. Union Of India, Rep By its Secretary, Ministry Of Human Resource Development, Department of Higher Education, 'C' Wing, Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi-110 001.

2. Union of India, Rep. By its Secretary, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Room No.86-B, Parliament House, New Delhi-110 001.

3. Union Of India, Rep. By its Secretary (Personnel), Department of Personnel and Training, North Block, Presidential Palace, New Delhi-110 011.

4. Secretary, National Commission for Scheduled Castes, Second Floor, Block-5, Shastri Bhawan, Chennai-600 006.

5. The Board of Governors Rep. By The Chairman, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, No.3, Jaswant Baug (Runwal Park), Behind Akbarallys, Chembur Naka, Chembur, Mumbai-400 071.

6. The Director, IIT Madras, Chennai-600 036.

7. The Registrar, IIT Madras, Chennai-600 036.

T.VINOD KUMAR J. dh WP Nos. 2287, 3016, 7948 & 15396 of 2014 06-10-2026