Tamil Nadu Government Servants (Conditions of Service) Act, 2016

Twenty-two employees (record clerks and office assistants) filed a writ petition seeking promotion to the post of Junior Bailiff without the required SSLC qualification, relying on a 2009 High Court order and arguing that the vacancies arose before the Tamil Nadu Government Servants (Conditions of Service) Act, 2016. T…

The appellant, a practicing advocate, applied for the post of Civil Judge (Junior Division) under the partially blind category, submitting a disability certificate showing 70% visual impairment. The Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPC) had issued a notification, based on a State Government order consulted with t…

M. JeyanthI, a Grade II Police Constable, tendered her resignation on 1 June 2017 which was accepted by the Director General of Police on 12 June 2017. She attempted to withdraw the resignation on 13 July 2017. The DGP rejected her representation, leading to a writ petition that was dismissed by a Single Judge. The Mad…

The Tamil Nadu Government issued a notification for 356 Post‑Graduate Assistant posts in Chemistry, reserving 117 seats for MBC/DNC candidates (74 backlog and 43 current vacancies). The provisional selection list omitted several meritorious MBC/DNC applicants, who alleged that they were placed in backlog vacancies inst…

The petitioners filed contempt petitions alleging that the respondents, including M. Vijayakumar and other officials, willfully ignored the Supreme Court's order dated 22 January 2016 which required the seniority list of Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC) selectees to be fixed on the basis of merit rather tha…