G.RAVICHANDRAN, vs THE CHENNAI PORT TRUST,
- Court
- Madras High Court
WP No. 11697 of 2013
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 30-10-2026
CORAM
THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE KRISHNASWAMY GOVINDARAJAN
WP No. 11697 of 2013
and
WMP Nos. 1 & 2 of 2013
CNR: {HCMA010038872013}
1. G.Ravichandran,
S/o.R.Govindarajan,
No.7/25, Bharathidasan Nagar,
Adambakkam,
Chennai-88.
2. R.Sathiyanarayanan,
S/o.Late R.V.Rajan,
No.6, Boopathy Nagar,
Sholinganallur, Chennai-119.
3. V.Raju,
S/o.M.Vaithyalingam,
26/16, Nallakannu Lane,
Royapettah,
Chennai-14.
...Petitioner(s)
Vs
1. The Chennai Port Trust,
Represented By Its Chairman, Chennai-1.
2. The Chief Engineer,
Engineering Department,
(establishment Division),
Chennai Port Trust, Chennai.
3. S.Deenadayalan,
Superintending Engineer (civil) - Retired.
4. Srinivasa Kannan,
Chief Engineer - Retired.
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5. V.R.Alaguvel,
Superintending Engineer (civil) - Retired.
6. Balaji Mohan Babu,
Superintending Engineer (civil).
7. A.Ravindran,
Superintending Engineer (civil) - Retired.
8. M.Shanmugam,
Superintending Engineer (civil).
9. A.Sundararajan,
Superintending Engineer (civil).
10.K.Gnanasekaran,
Superintending Engineer (civil).
11.C.N.Lakshmanan,
Executive Engineer (civil) - Retired.
12.T.R.B.Kumareswaran,
Executive Engineer (civil) - Retired.
13.G.Srinivasan,
Executive Engineer (civil).
14.T.Mohan,
Executive Engineer (civil).
15.Mohamed Maqbool Basha,
Executive Engineer (civil).
16.K.Manickam,
Executive Engineer (civil).
17.S.Muthukumar,
Executive Engineer (civil).
18.A.Manoharan,
Executive Engineer (civil).
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19.V.S.Harirajan,
Executive Engineer (civil) - Retired.
20.D.Subramaniam,
Executive Engineer (civil).
21.L.K.Premnath,
Executive Engineer (civil) - Retired.
22.C.S.Somu,
Executive Engineer (civil) - Retired.
23.N.K.Venkatesan,
Executive Engineer (civil).
24.R.Chandrasekaran,
Executive Engineer (civil).
25.A.Balasubramaniam,
Executive Engineer (civil).
26.P.Krishnamurthy,
Executive Engineer (civil).
27.G.Balaganadharan,
Executive Engineer (civil).
28.R.Karunakaran II
Executive Engineer (civil).
29.M.Saleem Ahamed,
Assistant Executive Engineer (civil).
30.R.Rajendran,
Assistant Executive Engineer (civil).
31.K.Paneerselvam,
Assistant Executive Engineer (civil).
32.P.Somasundaram,
Assistant Executive Engineer (civil) - Retired.
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33.Herban Rodrigo,
Assistant Executive Engineer (civil).
34.S.Desigavinayagam,
Assistant Executive Engineer (civil).
35.S.Saravan Prabhakar,
Assistant Executive Engineer (civil).
36.S.Baskar Benjamin,
Assistant Executive Engineer (civil).
37.M.Vedagiri,
Assistant Executive Engineer (civil).
38.G.Kanniyappan,
Assistant Executive Engineer (civil).
39.V.Jothiramalingam,
Assistant Executive Engineer (civil).
40.J.Mohanam,
Assistant Executive Engineer (civil).
41.M.Muthudayar,
Assistant Executive Engineer (civil).
42.V.Nagarajan,
Assistant Executive Engineer (civil).
43.M.Essaky,
Assistant Executive Engineer (civil) - Retired.
44.S.Kaveri,
Assistant Executive Engineer (civil).
45.Md.Sajid Azeem,
Assistant Executive Engineer (civil).
46.G.Dharmalingam,
Assistant Executive Engineer (civil).
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47.S.Sivakumar II,
Assistant Executive Engineer (civil).
48.V.Jagadeesan,
Assistant Executive Engineer (civil) - Retired.
49.T.Raju,
Assistant Executive Engineer (civil).
50.V.Vijayakumar,
Assistant Executive Engineer (civil).
51.C.H.Chandrasekaran,
Assistant Executive Engineer (civil) - Retired.
52.R.Karupaiah,
Assistant Executive Engineer (civil) - Retired.
53.K.Fazia Sultana,
Assistant Executive Engineer (civil).
All Are Working at the Engineering Dept.,
54. Chennai Port Trust,
No.1, Rajaji Salai,
Chennai-1.
...Respondent(s)
PRAYER: The Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of
India, Writ of Certiorari to call for the records from the file of the 1st
respondent relating to the seniority list in the reference No. E1/8284/2001/E,
dated 10.08.2012 and to quash the same
For Petitioner(s): Mr. A.Malath Devapriyam
For R1 & R2:
Mr.R.Karthikeyan.
For R23:
Mr.A.M.Loganathan
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ORDER
The counsel for the petitioners and the respondents represented that the
Writ Petition is infructuous.
2. In view of the submission made by them, the Writ Petition in W.P. No.
11697 of 2013 is dismissed as infructuous. No costs. Consequently, the
connected Writ Miscellaneous Petitions are closed.
30-10-2026
Index: Yes/No
Speaking/Non-speaking order
Neutral Citation: Yes/No
rya
To:-
1. The Chennai Port Trust,
Represented By Its Chairman, Chennai-1.
2. The Chief Engineer,
Engineering Department,
(establishment Division),
Chennai Port Trust, Chennai.
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KRISHNASWAMY GOVINDARAJAN, J.
rya
WP No. 11697 of 2013
and
WMP Nos. 1 & 2 of 2013
30-10-2026
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