WP/12522/2016 of M.Baskar Vs Tamilnadu Generation and on 29 September 2026

1. M.Baskar

2. M.Dhakshina Moorthy

3. R.Venkatesan

4. A.Balaji

5. N.Arivazhagan

6. V.Ravagan

7. C.Subramaniyan

8. C.Maharaja

9. J.Stalin John

10. S.Selvakumaran

11. S.Kirubananthan

12. U.Santhosh kumar

13. P.Ramesh

14. S.Sulaiman

15. K.Muthamilalagan

16. P.Venkatesan

17. R.Sivaram

18. N.Baskar

19. R.K.Kalimuthu

20. C.Kumaresan

21. M.Raghul Gandhi

22. S.Ramagopalan

23. N.Udhayakumar

24. S.Dinesh

25. S.Arvind

26. P. Dhanpal

27. T. Arockiaraj

28. M.Renganathan,

29. S.Gunasekaran

30. K.Jeevarathinam

31. V.S.Udhayakumar

32. K.Rahul

33. G.Sathish Kumar

34. M.Sathish Kumar

35. N.Srinivasan

36. A.S.Farooq Ahamed

37. M.Ramamoorthy

38. M.Rajkumar

39. P.Murugan

40. R.Jayaraj

41. K.Sathish kumar

42. R.Adhiyaman

43. P.Thangamani

44. A.Sakthivel

45. S.Chandru

46. M.Elango

47. A.Kannan

48. C.Marimuthu

49. K.Kathiresan

50. E.S.Subhash

51. A.Azhakarasu

52. M.Sasikumar

53. S.Premavathi

54. R.Arul Murugam

55. V.Yuvaraj

56. D.Velusamy

57. C.Ravichandran

58. T.Anbalagan

59. D.Sathishkumar

60. S.Gopi

61. M.Sankar

62. K.Kannan

63. V.Manikandan

64. D.Sivamani

65. M.Sathish Kumar

66. S.Asaithambi

67. R.Muthukannan

68. M.Ganeshan

69. P.Thangapandi

70. C.Krishnamoorthy

71. V.Pradeep

72. M.Balamurugan

73. R.Gopinath

74. R.Murugan

75. N.Ameen Ahamed

76. S.Raja

77. A.Madhankumar

78. M.Venkadesan

79. V.Naveen

80. A.Dhandapani

81. E.Kesavan

82. E.Sundaramoorthi

83. E.Ashok Kumar

84. T.Karthik

85. A.Mithunan

86. M.Abinaya

87. K.Palaniraj

88. B.Sathish Kumar

89. M.Karthikeyan

90. P.Velmurugan

91. A.S.Visvanathan

92. K.Ramesh

93. P.Manimaran

94. A.Dineshbabu

95. N.Kalaiselvan

96. P.Kasi Murugan

97. M.Muthu Pandi

98. E.Seetha

99. S.Kumar

100. P.Saravanan

101. M.Annamalai

102. S.Mohanraj

103. C.Sathish Kumar

104. T.Kumaresan

105. K.Srinivasan

106. P.Karthik

107. P.Vinothkumar

108. R.Srinivasan

109. M.Prabakaran

110. R.Vijayakumar

111. V.Sathish

112. B.Prabakaran

113. P.Manikandan ..Petitioners Vs

1. Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation, Rep. by its Chairman & Managing Director, 144, Anna Salai, Chennai-600 002.

2. The Chief Engineer/Personnel, Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation, 144, Anna Salai, Chennai-600 002.

3. The Chairman, Board of Apprenticeship Training, Southern Region, 4th Cross Road, C.I.T. Campus, Taramani, Chennai-600 113. ..Respondent(s)

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1. T. Ranganathan

2. M.Muruganandam

3. M.Santhamalli Devi

4. S.Vacaharavel

5. V.Gowri Shankar

6. S.Shanmugasundaram

7. M.Gayathiri

8. G.Abinaya

9. E.Arokiya Selva Kumar

10. V.Subashri

11. N.Vigneshwaran

12. B.Abdhul Bajith

13. M.Vinoth

14. V.Vadivel Murugan

15. E.Rakesh

16. AR.KarthikesWaran

17. A.John Pragash

18. N.Premnath

19. M.Boobalan

20. S.Rithin Diaz

21. J.AravinthRaj

22. P.Arputharaj

23. A.Sutha

24. J.R.Jenish

25. Jigitha Raj K.P

26. A.Anit Jorin

27. D.Pravin

28. K.Sanjukumar

29. T.Paulramachandran

30. J.Jayapal Dhanasingh

31. T.Ragu

32. S.Sivasankar

33. M.Marimuthu

34. D.Sattanathan

35. N.Kalaimani

36. J.Krishnamoorthi

37. R.Manikanth

38. K.Mehasbinara

39. M.Subramani

40. S.Myilsamy

41. M.Vinothkumar

42. J.K.Loganathan

43. I.Anbu

44. P.K.Vijaya Ananth

45. M.Jayakumar

46. A.Madhumathi

47. S.Ramadass

48. R.Sowkarthiga

49. K.Thayanaithi

50. R.Shanthini

51. R.Vanitha

52. M.Kiruthika

53. D.Tamil Arasi

54. S.Arunkumar

55. M.Dinesh Kumar

56. T.Elangovan

57. M.Arunmozhi

58. S.Gopinath

59. S.Gnanambigai

60. M.Kallikumar

61. U.M.Srinivasan

62. K.Sarath Kumar

63. M.Vignesh

64. M.Allimuthu

65. S.Selladurai

66. T.Arun

67. S.Karthik

68. V.G.Vineeth

69. K.Gnanasekaran

70. P.Sindhu

71. S.Mythli,

72. S.Chitra

73. Vijay Kartic ..Petitioners Vs

1. Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation, Rep. by its Chairman & Managing Director, 144, Anna Salai, Chennai-600 002.

2. The Chief Engineer/Personnel, Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation, 144, Anna Salai, Chennai-600 002.

3. The Chairman, Board of Apprenticeship Training, Southern Region, 4th Cross Road, C.I.T. Campus, Taramani, Chennai-600 113. ..Respondents

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1. K. Vijayan

2. P.Rajkumar

3. S.Ponnusamy

4. A.Arulselvam

5. P.Premanand

6. V.Ganesan

7. G.Manikandan

8. A.Yuvaraj

9. K.Karthick

10. R.Satheesh

11. B.Nirmal Kumar

12. G.Kumar

13. R.Arunkumar

14. J.Hussain

15. T.K.Balaji

16. G.Ragupathi

17. A.Karuppaiyan

18. M.Palanisamy

19. K.Mathivanan

20. B.Paneerselvam

21. M.Swamynathan

22. K.Nandhakumar

23. M.Selvaraj

24. N.Ramkumar

25. M.Ambatkaar

26. I.Lakshmanan Kumar

27. N.Murugesu

28. M.Sathasivam

29. T.Saravana Kumar

30. G.Murugesan

31. R.Periyasamy

32. T.Karthikeyan

33. K.Magulsamy

34. P.Jayabal

35. M.Magudeeswaran

36. S.Gunasekaran

37. S.Devendiran

38. V. Udhayakumar

39. P.Kathiresan

40. S.Manikandan

41. P.Ramasamy

42. V.Sankar

43. T.Sakthivel

44. M.Ranganathan

45. K.Rajasekaran

46. P.Anandakumar

47. J.Kalaiselvan

48. T.Sakthivel

49. N.Ilyaraja

50. S.Utthamaseelan

51. K.Magesh

52. V.Saravanan

53. M.Vijayan

54. C.Balamurugan,

55. R.Jakkaiyan,

56. P.Anbarasan,

57. K.Sheik Abdulla

58. S.Arulkumaran

59. S.Karuppasamy

60. C.Arunachalam,

61. A.Anantham

62. D.Saravanan

63. S.Jayaprakash

64. G.Sakthivel

65. D.Balakrishnan

66. S.Suresh

67. P.Ramasamy

68. T.Marimuthu

69. V.Sankar ..Petitioners Vs

1. Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation, Rep. by its Chairman & Managing Director, 144, Anna Salai, Chennai-600 002.

2. The Chief Engineer/Personnel Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation, 144, Anna Salai, Chennai-600 002.

3. The Chairman, Board of Apprenticeship Training, Southern Region, 4th Cross Road, C.I.T. Campus, Taramani, Chennai-600 113. ..Respondents Prayer in W.P.No.12522 of 2016: Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India, praying to issue a writ of declaration, to declare first respondent's (Per.) (FB) TANGEDCO Proceeding No.10, Administrative Branch, dated 10.12.2015 and second respondent's Notification No.01/2016 dated 28.02.2016 requiring the petitioners who worked as Apprentices in the first respondent to undergo Written Examination for the post of Technical Assistant Electrical/Mechanical is illegal and consequently direct respondents 1

and 2 to dispense with Written Examination for the petitioners for the ensuing direct recruitment to the post of Technical Assistant Electrical/Mechanical and also direct respondents 1 and 2 to formulate a Scheme for absorbing Ex- Apprentices as per the amended provision of Sec. 22 (1) of the Apprentices Act, 1961. Prayer in W.P.No.12523 of 2016: Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India, praying to issue a writ of declaration, declaring first respondent's (Per.) (FB) TANGEDCO Proceeding No.10, Administrative Branch, dated 10.12.2015 and Notification No.01/2015 dated 28.12.2015 requiring the petitioners, who worked as Apprentices in the first respondent, to undergo Written Examination is illegal and direct respondents 1 and 2 to dispense with Written Examination for the petitioners for the ensuing direct recruitment to the post of Assistant Engineer (Electrical), Assistant Engineer (Mechanical) and Assistant Engineer (Civil) and also direct respondents 1 and 2 to formulate a Scheme for absorbing Ex-Apprentices as per the amended provision of Sec. 22 (1) of the Apprentices Act, 1961. Prayer in W.P.No.12524 of 2016: Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India, praying to issue a writ of declaration, declaring the first respondent's (Per.) (FB) TANGEDCO Proceeding No.10, Administrative Branch, dated 10.12.2015 and second respondent's Notification No.01/2016 dated 28.2.2016 requiring the petitioners who worked as Apprentices in the first respondent to undergo Written Examination for the post of Field Assistant (Trainee) is illegal and consequently direct respondents 1 and 2 to dispense with Written Examination for the petitioners for the ensuing direct recruitment to the post of Field Assistant (Trainee) and also direct respondents 1 and 2 to formulate a Scheme for absorbing Ex-Apprentices as per the amended provision of Sec. 22 (1) of the Apprentices Act, 1961

For Petitioners in all petitions: Mr.K.M. Ramesh Senior Advocate for Ms.R.Sandhya For Respondents in all petitions: Mr. K. Rajkumar Standing Counsel for R1 & R2 Dr.D.Simon, Central Government Standing Counsel for R3

COMMON ORDER

Heard the learned Senior Counsel for the petitioners in all the writ petitions appearing through video conferencing and the learned Standing Counsel appearing for the respondents in all the writ petitions and perused the records.

2. When the writ petitions are taken up for hearing, the learned Senior Counsel for the petitioners fairly submits that the issue involved in the writ petitions is no longer res intergra and is covered by the order of this Court in W.P.No.5411 of 2016 and batch.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioners further submits that the writ appeals preferred by the petitioners in the aforesaid writ petitions were also rejected by the Hon'ble Division Bench vide order dated 05.01.2026 in W.A.No.594 of 2016 and batch.

4. The learned Senior Counsel for the petitioners thus submits that since, the petitioners have also sought for the same relief as considered by this Court in the aforesaid writ petition and batch and writ appeal preferred thereagainst, the petitioners in the present writ petitions who also stand on the same footing are not entitled for being granted any relief.

5. The learned Standing Counsel appearing on behalf of the respondents while submitting that the issue has already been adjudicated by this Court, has placed before this Court copies of the order in W.P.No.5411 of 2016 and W.A.No.594 of 2016 and batch. The same are taken on record.

6. In view of the aforesaid submissions made by the learned counsel for the parties and taking note of the fact that the issue involved in the present writ petitions is no longer res integra and being covered by the order of the Hon'ble Division Bench in W.A.No.594 of 2016 batch, the present writ petitions have to fail and are accordingly, dismissed. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petitions are closed. No order as to costs. 29-09-2026 Index: Yes/No Speaking/Non-speaking order Neutral Citation: Yes/No dh

To

1. Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation, Rep. by its Chairman & Managing Director, 144, Anna Salai, Chennai-600 002.

2. The Chief Engineer/Personnel, Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation, 144, Anna Salai, Chennai-600 002.

3. The Chairman, Board of Apprenticeship Training, Southern Region, 4th Cross Road, C.I.T. Campus, Taramani, Chennai-600 113.

T.VINOD KUMAR J. dh WP Nos.12522 to 12524 of 2016 29-09-2026