R.THIRUMALAI NAMBI30.R.VARADARAJAN31.A.NARAYANASWAMY v. The State of Tamil Nadu & Ors.

29.R.THIRUMALAI NAMBI30.R.VARADARAJAN31.A.NARAYANASWAMY ... PETITIONERS IN WP.6492/06W.P.No.18628/06:

S.NATARAJAN2 V.RAJARAM3 S.MAHALINGAM 4 V.S.KALIAPPAN 5 T.M.MUTHUKARUPPAN 6 M.MANICKAM 7 R.THILLAINAYAGAM8 N.MURUGESAN 9 S.NAGAMUTHU 10 M.JAYARMAN 11 B.KRISHNAMURTHI12 P.V.SUBRAMANIAN 13 S.T.THIRUMALAISWAMI .. PETITIONERS IN W.P.NO.18628/2006W.P.No.24065 /2006:1 T. SUBRAMANIAM2 A. THIAGARAJAN 3 P. RAMALAKSHMI 4 M. SUBBARAYAN 5 R. GOVINDARAJULU6 S. SAROJA 7 G. KALIYAPPAN 8 S. VEERA RAGHAVAN 9 S. RAMACHANDRAN 10 R. THIRUVENGADASAMI 11 T.K.BALASUBRAMANIAN 12 V.S.RAGHAVAN 13 S.M.ISSAC 14 T.GOMATHI 15 P.KUMARAGURUNATHAN 16 R.SANKARANARAYANAN 17 P.S.RAMANATHAN 18 DR.S.G.NATARAJAN 19 P.GANAPATHY 20 A.KUNJITHAPATHAM 21 M.PALANISAMY 22 R.SRIRANGATHAMMAL23 A.SREENIVASAN 24 N.S.RENGASWAMY 25 V.MURUGAN 26 B.GOVINDARAJAN 27 M.A.PERUMAL 28 M.SIVAPRAKASAM https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 29 T.PACKIASAMY 30 S.SIVANANDA 31 D.S.BINDUMADHAVA RAO 32 S.A.RAMACHANDRAN 33 S.A.VENKATESAN 34 R.VENKATARAMAN 35 K.RANGANATHAN 36 S.KANAGASABAPATHI. 37 C.SUBBIAH 38 G.SUSEELA39 T.JOHN DEVASIRVATHAM40 L.SREERAMAN 41 R.SUNDARAM 42 R.RAMADAS43 A.NAMBIKAI44 K.V.VENKATRA RATHNAM45 K.V.VENKATA RATHNAM 46 V.CHELLIAH47 C.SIVASUBRAMANIAN48 V.KRISHNAMURTI 49 T.S.SIVARAMAN 50 P.RAGHAVACHARI 51 A.NARAYANAN 52 J.SETHURAMAN 53 P.ARUNACHALAM 54 J.SUBRAMANIAN55 N.P.NAMBUDIRI 56 S.VENUGOPALAN 57 N.GOVINDARAJAN 58 S.RATHNASAPABATHY59 V.KRISHNASAMY VARIYAR. 60 M.S.KAMALAM 61 C.RAJIA BEGAM 62 S.VEERABADRAN 63 K.R.RAJARAMAN 64 T.C.NATARAJAN 65 JOSEPH A VICTOR 66 V.KUNJUKRISHNANTHAMBY 67 A.N.THIRUMALAIAPPAN 68 T.V.THIRUVENGADAM 69 P.JAYAMMAL70 S.P.PALANIVELAUTHAM 71 P.A.GURUSAMY 72 MAHMOODA BEGAM 73 DR.RANI E.BHARATHAN 74 G.E.EBENEZER75 K.A.JALALAKSHMI76 A.S.PARIPURNAM 77 M.MEENAKSHI78 K.LAKSHMI https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 79 K.BALAKRISHNAN 80 A.SATHIANATHAN 81 T.R.PARTHASARATHY 82 P. SIVAPRAKASAM 83 A. MARIAMMAL 84 S. RAJAMMAL @ MEENAKSHMI85 S. SARASVATHY 86 I. RAJAMMAL 87 M. SHANMUGAM 88 V. NATESAN 89 K. PARAMASIVAM 90 S. MANGALAM91 J. SAVITHRI 92 V.P. VENKATARAMANI 93 P.S. RAMAMOORTHY 94 S. KRISNHSAMY95 SYBIL JOSEPH 96 L. SENGAMALAM 97 K. GHULAM MOHIDEEN 98 K. SARASWATHI 99 A. AROKIADOSS100 B.T. SREENIVASAMOORTHY 101 V. SAVITHRI 102 V.B. SUBRAMANIAM 103 D.P. RADHAKRISHNAN 104 V. SUBBULAKSHMI 105 M. GOVINDAMMAL 106 A. RAMAMURTHY 107 A.S.P. DHARMARAJ ...PETITIONERS IN W.P.24065/06W.P.NO.37815 /2006:1 S.NATARAJAN2 C.VENUGOPAL 3 D.ANNAMARIAL 4 G VENKATARAMAN 5 S.MADHAVA RAO 6 S.JAGANNATHAN 7 S.RAJAGOPAL 8 S.KUNCHITAPATHAM 9 S.BALASUNDARAM 10 T.KALYANI 11 R.THIAGARAJAN 12 C.RUKMANI 13 M.R.SRINIVASAN 14 A.A.M.MOHAMED ALI15.P.S.SANJEEVI16.N.S.THIRUVENGADASAMY17.S.GOKARNESAN18.M.K.ANNAMALAI https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/

19.B.VISWANATHAN20.M.E.KESAVAN21.M.MARGABANDU22.A.ANNAMALAI23.N.KUPPUSAMI PILLAI24.VASANTHA25.C.CHOCKALINGAM26.V.SUSEELA BAI27.K.RAJARAM28.C.SWARNAVELU29.K.SUBRAMANIYAPILLAI30.N.M.MOHAMED ABUBACKER31.A.MASILAMANI32.K.PURUSHOTHAMAN33.E.S.SREENIVASAN34.P.SUBRAMANIAN35.H.PIRAMUAMMAL36.GRACE BAGYANATHAN37.D.ANNAMMAL38.N.MARIMUTHU39.V.RAJAGOPALAN40.S.J.DEVAKIRUBAI41.K.K.MANI42.L.P.KRISHNASAMY43.P.ANNAPATTU44.M.GANESAN45.AHYIA MANOHARA46.M.KALYANASUNDARAM47.R.VISALAKSHI48.T.NAVAMANI RATHINAM49.R.GABRIEL50.S.MARIAPUSHPAM51.R.RATHINAM52.D.IRENE53.M.SIVAPRAKASAM54.M.ANTONISAMI55.SANTHANAMARY56.J.PONNAMMMAL57.M.NATESAN58.JESSIE NAVAMANI59.A.SIVAPAKKIAM60.P.KARUPPAN61.T.S.SENGODAN62.K.I.MUSTHAFA63.K.SUNDARAM64.D.W.HERBERT65.H.DAMODARAN66.K.RAJAMBAL67.K.RAMAMOORTHI68.N.LALITHA https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/

69.T.SELVARAJ70.R.SOMALINGAM ...PETITIONERS IN W.P.NO.37815/06W.P.NO.43505/2006:1.E.NAGARAJAN2.JANAKI MOSES3.A.PICHAIPILLAI4.M.ABDUL RAHIM5.M.KARUKPPIAH6.D.KANDASAMY7.V.ABDUL SAMAD8.T.M.BABU9.R.LAKSHMI10.RAMALINGAM11.S.PERUMAL12.S.MUTHAMMAL13.K.A.NEELAKANTAN14.K.RAJAMMAL15.S.MEENAKSHI16.R.RAJASEKARAN17.GODHAVARI18.M.SINGARAYAN19.SIVAPAKYAM20.R.RADHALAKSHMI21.K.A.VENKATESAN22.T.CHINNAPILLAI23.K.RENGAMMAL24.V.SUBRAMANIAN25.S.PATHIRAKALI26.A.R.LAKSHMIAMMAL27.V.PITCHAI28.P.KAMALAM29.A.ARULANANDAM30.A.AGNES31.S.RADHA BAI.32.E.W.MUHUSAMY33.RUBAVATHI NORTON34.R.VENKATESAN35.R.NARAYANI36.K.R.SUBBULAKSHMI37.T.ARUMUGAM38.S.J.ARUMAIRAJ39.K.JEGATHAMBAL40.N.KRISHNAMURTHY41.K.VENKATARAMAN42.S.NAGARATHINAM43.S.SARASWATHI44.N.KANAGASABAI45.V.PREMA https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/

46.S.JOHN NELSON47.A.SABAPATHY48.V.JANAKI49.R.GANAPATHY50.GOMATHIAMMAL51.B.LOGAMBAL52.S.LAKSHMI53.L.VIJAYALAKSHMI54.E.NARASIMHAN55.T.C.PARTHASARATHY. ...PETITIONERS IN W.P.NO.43505/06W.P.No.47874/06:1.VIJAYAKUMAR 2.NARAYANAMOORTHY3.M.ETHIRAJAN4.R.VENKATARAMANA RAO5.SARASWATHI ...PETITIONERS IN W.P.NO.47874/2006 W.P.NO.49308/06:1.V.RUKUMANI2.A.JAYALAKSHMI3.B.ALAMELUAMMAL4.A.LALITHA5.A.LAKSHMI6.M.K.VENUGOPALAN7.S.MAYAKOOTHAN ...PETITIONERS IN W.P.NO.49308/06W.P.NO.1873/07: 1.M.ARUNAGIRI 2.P.K.RAJARAM3.K.RAMAKRISHNAN4.S.J.NAGARAJAN5.S.JAYALAKSHMI ...PETITIONERS IN W.P.NO.1873/07 W.P.NO 8928/2007:1.S.MANOHARAN .

D.I.MANUBAI3.S.MANOHARAN4.CHENGAMMAL 5.N.VISWANATHAN 6.R.P.GOPALAKRISHNAN 7.R.T.KALYANASUNDARAM 8.S.ALEXANDER JONES9.V.THILLAINAYAGAM10.S.SUBRAMANIAN 11.M.S.SALIS https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/

12.V.L.RAMAMURTHY 13.V.SEETHALAKSHMI 14.A.JANAKIAMMAL 15.R.SAROJA 16.V.SETHUBAI 17.M.SUSAIRATHINAM 18.M.RAMASAMY 19.N.JAYARAMAN 20.G.VENUGOPAL 21.A.ALAGAMMAL 22.L.LALITHA 23.R.GNANAM 24.T.THANAMANI25.T.THANAMANI26.R.AMALORPAVAM27.R.KANICKKAM 28.S.KUPPURETHINAM 29.M.KATHAEE 30.G.PATTAMMAL 31.R.ALOSANAIMARY 32.APPAVOOPILLAI33.S.SRINIVASACHARI ...PETITITONER IN W.P.NO.8928/07W.P.NO.9092/20071.R.ADAIKALAMARY2.R.GOVINDASAMY 3.P.JAYARAMAN 4.C.MARIMUTHU 5.K.SINGARAVELU 6.S.THANGAVELU 7.M.VEERAMUTHU 8.P.MARIMUTHU9.S.RUKMANI10.A.VISWANATHAN 11.V.VEDAMBAL 12.A.SAVARIMUTHU 13.P.C.RAJARETHINAM14.J.SOUNDARARAJAN15.P.DHARMASAMVARTHINI 16.R.VAIRAM 17.V.JAYALAKSHMI 18.G.ANANDAVALLI 19.R.ANJAMMAL 20.N.BAGYALAKSHMI 21.B.GIBURIYA 22.K.GNANASUNDARI 23.C.JAYALAKSHMI 24.D.JAGATHAM 25 A.JAYASEELAMARY https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 26 V.KANMANI27 A.KOHILAMBAL28 N.KUPPUSAMY29 R.MEENAKSHI30 S.NEELAVATHI31 J.PANKAJAM32 L.PERIYANAYAKI33 N.SARADHAMBAL34 S.SAKUNTHALA35 V.SARADHAM36 R.SUNDARAMBAL37 V.THAVASIMANI38 A.UMMALBAJARIYA39 P.JAYA40 S.DAVAMANI41 R.LAKSHMI42 D.SEETHALAKSHMI43 S.VALLI44 S.KAMACHIAMMAL45 V.NAGAMMAL46 D.PAPPATHI47 P.SARADA48 M.SARADAMBAL49 M.SOUNDARAVALLI50 G.SUNDARI51 R.VISALAKSHI52 R.CHINNAPILLAI53 FRANCIS MARY54 G.GOWRI55 A.GNANAM56 R.NAVANEETHAMMAL57 P.MUTHULAKSHMI58 T.SAROJA59 V.VEDAMBAL60 S.JOTHI61 K.SAVITHIRI62 V.VALARMATHI63 T.CHANDER64 V.RAVI65 V.SANTHANALAKSHMI66 K.S.SESHADRI67 M.THIAGARAJAN .. PETITIONERS IN WP.9092/07WP. 10315/07:1 P.VAIDYALINGAM 2 J.VIJAYARAGHAVA MUDALIAR3 V.RAMACHANDRAN4 PERUNDEVI5 ELLAMMAL https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 6 VALLIAMMAL7 PAVUNAMBAL8 KUNAPOOSHANAM9 KAMATCHI10 KAMALA11 CHELLAMMAL12 AMIRTHAMMAL.. PETITIONERS IN WP.10315/07WP.14651/07:1 S. SHANMUGASUNDARAM 2 KORATHI3 M. MADHAVAN SETHI4 R. REVATHY5 K. RATHINAMANI6 S. PATTAMMAL7 N. GANAPATHIAMMAL8 M. AVUDAIAMMAL9 BABUJI10 SARASWATHYAMMAL.. PETITIONERS IN WP.14651/07WP.19646/07:1 V.RAGHAVAN 2 T.DHANALAKSHMI3 T.RAMAJAYAM4 M.UTCHINIMAHALI5 R.GOVINDA VINAYAGAM6 S.GEETHA.. PETITIONERS IN WP.19646/07WP.20501/07:1 DR.C.R.SUNDARARAJAN 2 P.V.GOPALAKRISHNAN3 S.KAJALAKSHMI4 V.KRISHNAMOORTHY5 C.SUNDERSINGH6 M.PONNAMMAL7 P.SEETHALAKSHMI8 N.CHELLAMMAL9 C.PONNUTHAI10 C.SUNDERSINGH.. PETITIONERS IN WP.20501/07WP.23202/07:1 V.K.SANTHANAGOPALAN 2 K.R.RADHAMMA 3 T.SELVANAYAGI.. PETITIONERS IN WP.23202/07 https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ WP.24324/07:1 G. MAYANDI 2 A. AMALRAJ3 S. SHANMUGAM4 T. CHELLAMMAL5 V. DEVAKI6 V. ANUSIYA7 K. SAROJA8 D AMMAPONNU9 S LAKSHMI10 V. PATTAMMAL11 M DORAI RAJARAMAN.. PETITIONERS IN WP.24324/07WP.24926/07:1 R.CHANDRASEKARAN 2 V.MUTUGAIYAN3 N.VARATHARAJAN4 D.VELAYUTHAM5 S.VAITHILINGAM6 P.GANAPATHY7 T.RAJALAKSHMI.. PETITIONERS IN WP.24926/07WP.29125/07:1 K.S. PADMAVATHY 2 S. PATTAMMAL3 K. VISALAKSHI4 A. RAJAGOPAL5 A. ABDUL MAJEETH6 T.G. SRIRAMULU7 R. VENKATARAMAN.. PETITIONERS IN WP.29125/07WP.19067/08:1 S.RAMASAMY 2 K.BHUVARAGASAMY3 C.THANGAVEL PADAYACHI4 D.SAMUEL SOMASUNDARAM5 SELLAPANGI6 C.GOVINDASAMY7 RANJITHAM8 SAROJA9 MANONMANI10 V.S.KOTHANDAPANI11 L.SWAMI DOSS12 G.VENUGOPALAN.. PETITIONERS IN WP.19067/08Vs. https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ The State of Tamil Nadu, represented by its Secretary to Government, Finance (Pension) Department, Fort St.

George, Chennai-600 009. ... Respondent in all WPs.The Examiner, Local Fund AccountsKuralagam, Chennai.. R2 in WP.14651/07 Writ Petition Nos.6492, 24065, 37815, 43505, 47874 and 49308 of2006; 1873, 8928, 9092, 10315, 19646, 20501, 23202, 24324 and 29125 of2007 and 19067 of 2008 are filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue a writ of certiorarifiedmandamus, calling for the records, in pursuant to the impugnedG.O.Ms.No.562 Finance (Pay Cell) Department dated 10.6.1985 and quashthe same, so far as it fixes the different percentage of increase onthe basic pension as on 30.09.84 and consequently direct therespondent to increase the basic pension at the rate of 30% to all thepensioners/family pensioners who retired on or before 30.9.84, refixtheir pension and pay the arrears within a stipulated period. Writ Petition No.14651 of 2007 is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue a writ of certiorarifiedmandamus, calling for the records, in pursuant to the impugnedG.O.Ms.No.562 Finance (Pay Cell) Department dated 10.6.1985 of thefirst respondent and quash the same, so far as it fixes differentpercentage of increase on the basic pension as on 30.09.84 andconsequently direct the respondent to increase the basic pension atthe rate of 30% to all the pensioners/family pensioners who retired onor before 30.9.84, refix their pension and pay the arrears within astipulated period.

Writ Petition Nos.18628 of 2006 and 24926 of 2007 are filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue a writ ofmandamus, directing the respondent to refix the original pension ofall the pensioners as per the proviso clause of para 5(i) ofG.O.Ms.No.562 Finance (Pay Cell) Department dated 10.6.1985 as if thepensioners had retired on 30.9.84 and consequently pay the arrears ofpension and other consequent pensionary benefits. For Petitioners: Mr.S.M.SubramanianFor Respondent : Mr.T.Seenivasan, Additional Government Pleader. https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/

O R D E RThis writ petition Nos.6492, 24065, 37815, 43505, 47874 and49308 of 2006; 1873, 8928, 9092, 10315, 19646, 20501, 23202, 24324 and29125 of 2007 and 190167 of 2008 are filed praying to issue a writof certiorarified mandamus, calling for the records, relating to theG.O.Ms.No.562 Finance (Pay Cell) Department dated 10.6.1985 and quashthe same, so far as it fixes different percentage of increase on thebasic pension as on 30.09.84 and consequently direct the respondentto increase the basic pension at the rate of 30% to all thepensioners/family pensioners who retired on or before 30.9.84, refixtheir pension and pay the arrears within a stipulated period.2. Writ Petition No.14651 of 2007 is filed praying to issue awrit of certiorarified mandamus, calling for the records, in pursuantto the impugned G.O.Ms.No.562 Finance (Pay Cell) Department dated10.6.1985 of the first respondent and quash the same, so far as itfixes different percentage of increase on the basic pension as on30.09.84 and consequently direct the respondent to increase the basicpension at the rate of 30% to all the pensioners/family pensioners whoretired on or before 30.9.84, refix their pension and pay the arrearswithin a stipulated period.

Writ Petition Nos.18628 of 2006 and 24926 of 2007 are filedpraying to issue a writ of mandamus, directing the respondent torefix the original pension of all the pensioners as per the provisoclause of para 5(i) of G.O.Ms.No.562 Finance (Pay Cell) Departmentdated 10.6.1985 as if the pensioners had retired on 30.9.84 andconsequently pay the arrears of pension and other consequentpensionary benefits.

All the above writ petitions have been filed seeking samerelief, and therefore, are taken together and disposed of by thiscommon order. 5. The brief facts for disposal of the cases are as follows:-All the petitioners are State Government employees. Petitioners inall the above cases are either pensioners or family pensioners. Theclaim in W.P.No.6492 of 2006 relates to persons who retired from1.6.1960 to 30.9.1984. Based on the Fourth Pay Commission inG.O.Ms.No.562 Finance (Pay Cell) Department dated 10.6.1985, thepension was extended to the petitioners on different percentages inthe following manner:-"For pensioners who retired before 1.6.1960 30 per cent increaseFor petitioners who retired between 1960-7015 per cent increaseFor pensioners who retired between 1970-7810 per cent increaseFor pensioners who retired after 1978 7 per cent increase" https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ According to the said G.O., the petitioners, have received thebenefits.

Thereafter, Fifth Pay Commission came into effect from1.6.1988. Consequently, G.O.Ms.No.810 Finance (P.C.) dated 9.8.1989was issued on the slab system in the case of earlier G.O. (i.e.) 562. In G.O.Ms.No.810 Finance (P.C.) dated 9.8.1989 different slabs wereadopted, and it is as follows:-Total of Pension/familypensionplus D.A.at 608pointsTo those retired betweenTo thoseretiredprior to1.6.19601.6.60 and1.10.702.10.70 and31.3.781.4.78 and30.9.841.10.84and30.9.87UptoRs.50060 per cent50 per cent40 per cent35 percent20 percentAboveRs.500/-50%(subject toa minimumofRs.300/-)40%(subject toa minimumof Rs.250/-30%(subject toa minimumof Rs.200)25%(subjectto aminimum ofRs.175)15%(subjectto aminimum ofRs.100)This G.O.Ms.No.810 dated 9.8.1989 was challenged by a group ofpensioners stating that it was arbitrary and discriminatory. Thematter went upto the Supreme Court and finally ended in favour ofthe pensioners. In view of the final decision of the Apex Court, the Government passed G.O.Ms.271 Finance (Pension) dated 15.6.1998granting benefit of pension at the rate of 60% increase to allpensioners of that Association, who were before the court.

Subsequently, G.O.Ms.579 Finance (Pension) Department dated15.9.2006 was passed by the Government based on a direction of thiscourt to extend the benefit of G.O.Ms.No.271 dated 15.6.1998 to alleligible pensioners with effect from 1.6.1960 to 31.5.1988. In viewof the decision of the Government to extend the benefit ofG.O.Ms.No.271 dated 15.6.1998 to all State pensioners underG.O.Ms.No.579 Finance (Pension) Department dated 15.9.2006, thepensioners/petitioners in the present cases filed the writ petitionchallenging the impugned G.O.Ms.No.562, dated 10.6.1985 passedconsequent to the Fourth Pay Commission, on the fond hope that themethod adopted by the State Government in granting benefit underG.O.Ms.No.271 will be extended to the pensioners who are gettingpension according to the Fourth Pay Commission also. Petitionersbased on the order of the Supreme Court and subsequent G.O., passed by https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ the Government, viz., G.O.Ms.No.271 dated 15.6.1998 and G.O.Ms.No.579dated 15.9.2006 are before this court seeking to set aside theimpugned G.O., which fixes different percentage of increase in thepension or family pension, stating that it is arbitrary anddiscriminatory. They also rely upon the decision of this court, upheld by the Apex Court which led to the setting aside theG.O.Ms.No.810 Finance (Pension) Department dated 9.8.1989. In effect, the petitioners in all these cases implored upon the court to applythe same principle and seek for parity in the pension or familypension on the same basis of G.O.Ms.No.271 dated 15.6.2008 andG.O.Ms.No.579 dated 15.9.2006.

Mr.T.Seenivasan, learned Additional Government Pleaderappearing for the respondent at the outset pointed out that thepetitioners have already received the pension consequent to the FourthPay Commission and the G.O. issued. They have not challenged theimpugned G.O., which is based on the Fourth Pay Commission. They haveaccepted the same. Subsequently, the Fifth Pay Commission came toeffect from 1.6.1988 and only thereafter G.O.Ms.No.810 dated 9.8.1989was passed. At this stage only there is a challenge by a group ofpensioners and subsequently, the benefit was granted to all StatePensioners. As far as present cases are concerned, it is the plea ofthe respondent that the writ petitions challenging G.O.Ms.No.562 dated10.6.1985 at this point of time should not be entertained only on theground of delay and latches and the petitioners have not approachedthis court earlier and they had no grievance at that point of time. He referred to Para 13 of the counter-affidavit and it is set outhereunder:-"13. With reference to averment made in para19 to 22 of the affidavit, it is submitted thatthe petitioners have approached this court afterlapse of more than 20 years for quashing theG.O.Ms.No.562, Finance (PC) Department, dated10.6.95 which was issued in 1985 based on therecommendation of the Fourth Pay Commission. Subsequently Fifth and Sixth Pay Commission ordershave been issued and at present pay revisioncommittee has been constituted based on therecommendation of the Central Pay Commission. Further it may be pointed out that the petitionersare also benefited from the revised orders issuedin G.O.Ms.No.579, Finance (Pen) Department, dated15.9.2006 consequent on the orders of this Hon'bleCourt extended the benefits ordered in G.O.271,Finance Department, 15.6.98 with effect from1.6.88 onwards. If the petitioner's petition hasbeen entertained it will have the consequentrepercussion for the subsequent pay commissionorders issued by the Government which will affect https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ the entire system and lead to heavy financialcommitment to Government. " (emphasis supplied)

The anomaly in G.O.Ms.No.810 dated 9.8.1989 fixing thedifferent percentage of increase in the pension or family pension wasset aside by this court and upheld by the Apex Court. Governmentcorrected it in G.O.Ms.No.271 dated 15.6.1998 and extended the benefitto all State Pensioners by G.O.Ms.No.579 dated 15.9.2006. Further, only after passing of G.O.Ms.No.579 dated 15.9.2006, the present writpetitions have been filed in the year 2006. As seen from the counter-affidavit, the relevant portion, which has been extracted as above, the Fifth Pay Commission has come into effect in the meanwhile. Itis stated that the Sixth Pay Commission orders have been issued. Petitioners have accepted the pension/family pension as per themodified G.O., and have received the same. Hence, the petitionersare not entitled to any relief after lapse of such a long period oftime. Assuming without admitting the plea as tenable the reworkingof the pensioner/family pensioner will create chaos in the departmentand will be the cause of constant litigation.

In so far as the G.O., which is under challenge in thepresent writ petitions, as pointed out by the learned AdditionalGovernment Pleader, it is too late to call upon the Government toreset the pension/family pension in case of the individuals aftersuch a long period of time. Petitioners no doubt may plead that theyhave a prima facie case on the slab system which has been adopted inG.O.Ms.No.562 dated 10.6.1985. That anomaly should have beenquestioned at least along with G.O.Ms.No.810 dated 9.8.1989, which wasnot done. They allowed the issue to pass and received the pension. The Government, in the meanwhile, modified and extended the pensionto all State Pensioners under G.O.Ms.No.579 dated 15.9.2006, based oncourt's decision and the modified amount has been received by allpensioners. The present writ petitions challenging the impugnedG.O., after such a long period of time cannot be entertained. Thiscourt is not inclined at this point of time to interfere and set asidethe impugned G.O., as in the earlier case, since the petitioners inthese cases accepted the impugned G.O., and have been receiving thepension and family pension. Further, based on the subsequent PayCommission, amended G.O. has been issued revising the pensionarybenefit, which has been accepted by all pensioners. This court is ofthe view that the petitioners are not entitled to any relief as prayedfor primarily on the ground of delay or latches, which is a relevantfactor for this court before granting any relief to the petitioners.

At this juncture, the learned counsel for the petitionerspleaded that after the Fifth Pay Commission and consequent to thefinal decision of the Apex Court, the Government thought it fit toextend the benefit of pension and family pension to all State https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ Government Pensioners in G.O.Ms.No.579 dated 15.9.2006. Therefore, ifthere is no difficulty on the part of the State Government, it canre-look into the petitioners' grievance, in view of the anomalypointed out. This plea appears to be reasonable. However, no reliefcan be given by this court for the reasons stated earlier. The G.O.,does not require to be set aside at this point of time. It is open tothe petitioners to make a representation to the Government to extendthe benefit to the petitioners as in the case of G.O.Ms.No.579 dated15.9.2006. The Government is at liberty to re-look into the issue andgrant any benefits if the Government find that the claim of thepetitioners is justified and feasible at this point of time. It ismade clear that the Government is entitled to decide the issue on itsown merits without being influenced by any of the observation of thiscourt.