M.UDAYASANKAR vs THE CHAIRMAN

Court
Madras High Court

WP No. 18035 of 2012
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 30-10-2026
CORAM
THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE KRISHNASWAMY GOVINDARAJAN
WP No. 18035 of 2012
and
WMP Nos. 1 & 2 of 2012
CNR: {HCMA010167302012}
M.Udayasankar
S/o.P.Mani, Kumaraswamypalayam,
Valampattupost, Chengham Taluk, Tiruvannamalai
District
..Petitioner(s)
Vs
1. The Chairman
Tamilnadu Electricity Board,
No.800 Anna Salai, Chennai-600 002
2. The Chief Engineer
Tamilnadu Generation And Distribution
Corporation Limited, No.144 Anna Salai,
Chennai-600 002.
3. K.Mohan Kumar
(s.No.24).
4. D.Hariharan
(s.No.31).
5. K.Antony Selvaraja
(s.No.35).
6. M.S.Arunkumar
(s.No.38).
7. M.Vinoth Kumar,
(s.No.41).
8. M.George Alben,
(s.No.45).
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9. T.Sakthivel,
(s.No.49).
10.R.Baskaran
(s.No.54).
11.A.Rayston
(s.No.60).
12.R.Shankar
(s.No.64).
13.P.Prabakaran
(s.No.70).
14.K.Saravanaraja
(s.No.74).
15.N.Sivasankar,
(s.No.79).
16.G.Kannan,
(s.No.80).
17.R.Arumuga Pandiyan
(s.No.88).
18.R.Krishnaraja,
(s.No.89).
19.B.Jegan,
(s.No.90).
20.S.Jose Alwyn
(s.No.91).
21.R.Kamalakannan,
(s.No.97).
22.B.Krishnakumar
(s.No.104).
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23.P.M.Arul Prakash,
(s.No.105).
24.M.R.Rakesh Krishnan,
(s.No.109).
25.N.Dinesh
(s.No.110).
26.G.Kathiresan,
(s.No.114).
27.M.Sukumar,
(s.No.115).
28.R.Edwin Daniel Dhas
(s.No.118).
29.R.Bala Ramesh Kumar
(s.No.119).
30.R.Nirmal Kumar
(s.No.124).
31.A.Gopanna,
(s.No.129).
32.R.Manonmani
(s.No.138).
33.K.Rajendran
(s.No.140).
34.K.Arun Pandian
(s.No.147).
35.A.Cyrila,
(s.No.149).
36.R.Prabakaran
(s.No.154).
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37.E.Senthilkumar
(s.No.155).
38.C.Ravikumar
(s.No.164).
39.A.Sasikumar
(s.No.165).
40.D.Arunkumar
(s.No.168).
41.M.Vijay Ananthan
(s.No.171).
42.C.Ramachandran
(s.No.174).
43.K.Sathis,
(s.No.178).
44.S.Meganathan
(s.No.184).
45.N.Nagathiruthani
(s.No.190).
46.K.Sundar,
(s.No.195).
47.S.Vetrivendhan
(s.No.199).
48.V.Gnanasundaram
(s.No.201).
49.B.Manikandan,
(s.No.204).
50.P.Senthil Muthu Kumaran
(s.No.205).
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51.S.Sarankumar
(s.No.210).
52.C.Rajesh,
(s.No.220).
53.P.Sathyan,
(s.No.224).
54.T.Anbazhagan,
(s.No.230).
55.R.Lakshmi Kanthan
(s.No.235).
56.S.Vairamuthu
(s.No.238).
57.S.Ayyasamy
(s.No.244).
58.R.Prathap,
(s.No.248).
59.V.Thiyagarajan,
(s.No.254).
60.K.Varatharajan,
(s.No.260).
61.V.Veera Jeevanandam,
(s.No.264).
62.L.Sebastin Karunya,
(s.No.268).
63.S.M.Kanna
(s.No.269).
64.P.Reguraja
(s.No.274).
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65.A.Karthikeyan
(s.No.280).
66.Sharavanakumar
(s.No.281).
67.G.Vijay,
(s.No.288).
68.S.Srinivasan,
(s.No.290).
69.M.Prabhakaran
(s.No.297).
70.N.Vijayan,
(s.No.304).
71.K.Karthikeyan,
(s.No.308).
72.K.Sahin,
(s.No.314).
73.C.Hariharan
(s.No.318).
74.P.Muthukumaran,
(s.No.324).
75.P.M.Sakthi Karthikeyan
(s.No.338).
76.G.Ramkumar
(s.No.340).
77.P.Anbarasan,
(s.No.344).
78.K.Dharmendiran,
(s.No.349).
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79.N.Sarathy,
(s.No.354).
80.K.Selvaraj
(s.No.355).
81.G.B.Harish
(s.No.364).
82.R.Kesavan,
(s.No.368).
83.K.P.Uma Maheswara Prasad
(s.No.374).
84.A.Ashokumar
(s.No.378).
85.A.Arun,
(s.No.380).
86.M.Vignesh Kumar
(s.No.390).
87.R.Vignesh Kumar
(s.No.394).
88.J.Arunkumar
(s.No.399).
89.D.Santhanakrishnan
(s.No.404).
90.N.Venkatesh (s.No.410).
Address For Correspondence of the Proposed
Respondents 3 To 90 is
C/o.The Chief Engineer/personnel
Tangedco/head Quarters,
144 Anna Salai, Chennai 2.
[R3 To R90-impld. As Per Ord.Dt.19/01/2015
By KkSJ In Mp.3/12 In Wp.18035/2012.]
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..Respondent(s)
PRAYER : The Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of
India, Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus Calling for the entire selection list on
the file of the 2nd respondent pursuant to the selection list of Four hundred and
ten Assistant Engineer by direct recruitment-2012 published on 6.7.2012 in
internet and quash the same in so far as candidates with lesser mark than the
petitioner in Backward Class quota and direct the respondents to select the
petitioner to the post of Assistant Engineer (EEE) by Direct Recruitment-2012.
For Petitioner(s): Mr.A.Bobblie
For R1 & R2: Mr.M.Loganathan
Standing Counsel.
ORDER
The prayer in this Writ Petition is to call for the entire selection list on
the file of the 2nd respondent pursuant to the selection list of 410 Assistant
Engineers by direct recruitment-2012 published on 6.7.2012 and quash the same
in so far as candidates with lesser marks than the petitioner in Backward Class
(BC) quota and direct the respondents to select the petitioner to the post of
Assistant Engineer (EEE) by Direct Recruitment-2012.
2. It is the case of the Writ Petitioner that, on the basis of the recruitment
nd
of the 2 respondent for the post of Assistant Engineer/Electrical, the petitioner
applied under the ‘Backward Class’ community, paid the required fees on
18.04.2012, and submitted the application on 26.04.2012. Subsequently, the
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petitioner participated in the interview on 26.04.2012 and performed well in the
said interview. The petitioner further submitted that he was quite confident that
he would get the job. However, to his shock and surprise, when the selection list
was published by the respondent, the petitioner's name was not found in the list.
3. The selection of 600 candidates was declared by the respondent out of
which 410 candidates alone were selected. The petitioner’s name was not found
in either list of 600 candidates or the final list of 410 candidates, and thereby,
the petitioner, challenging, the selection process has filed the present Writ
Petition.
4. This Court has perused the selection list of 600 candidates, which is
enclosed at page 27 of the typed set of papers. The reservation as well as the
nd
marks were properly calculated by the 2 respondent, and only thereafter, the
selection of the candidates was completed and the selection list was published.
This Court finds that there is no illegality in the selection process. In view of the
same, the Writ Petition stands dismissed. Consequently, the connected Writ
Miscellaneous Petitions are closed. No costs.
30-10-2026
Index: Yes/No
Speaking/Non-speaking order
Neutral Citation: Yes/No
rya
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WP No. 18035 of 2012
To:-
1. The Chairman
Tamilnadu Electricity Board,
No.800 Anna Salai, Chennai-600 002
2. The Chief Engineer
Tamilnadu Generation And Distribution Corporation Limited,
No.144 Anna Salai, Chennai-600 002.
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WP No. 18035 of 2012
KRISHNASWAMY GOVINDARAJAN, J.
rya
WP No. 18035 of 2012
and
WMP Nos. 1 & 2 of 2012
30-10-2026
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