V.Kamatchi v. The Secretary to Government

Order (Order of the Court was made by S.M.Subramaniam J.) The review petitioner herein preferred a writ petition seeking a direction to the Government to take into account, the period of maternity leave availed by her as service for promotion to the post of Assistant Section Officer by including her name in the panel year 2009-2010 and fix the seniority in the appropriate place at 50A of the seniority list released on 11.11.2016.

¶2The Division Bench of this Court in the intra-Court appeal filed by the Secretary to Government, P & AR Department, elaborately considered, including the number of days of leave availed by the review petitioner. When the leave period was taken into consideration and the consequences of long leave during the probation period was also taken into consideration by the Division Bench, there is no scope of entertaining the review petition on those factual ground as raised by the review petitioner herein.

¶3In paragraph No.13 of the judgment sought to be reviewed, the Division Bench has considered the fact regarding the availing of long leave by the review petitioner during the probation period and that being the factum, re-adjudication on merits in the present review petition is inadmissible.

¶4Learned counsel for the petitioner made an attempt to raise grounds on merits which would fact beyond the scope of review petition and that being Page3 of 4 the factum, the present review petition is devoid of merits and the petitioner has not established any error apparent on the face of record. Consequently, Review Application stands dismissed. No costs. Connected miscellaneous petitions are closed. (S.M.S.,J.) (C.K.,J.) 24-02-2026 Index: Yes/No Speaking/Non-speaking order VSI Note: Registry is directed to list the connected writ petition before the appropriate Court concerned. To

¶1The Secretary To Government P And Ar Department, Fort St. George, Chennai-600009

¶2The Secretary To Government Rd And Pr Department, Fort St. George, Chennai-600009

¶3The Joint Secretary To Government Rural Development And Panchayat Raj Department, Fort St. George, Chennai-600009 REV.APPLoNo.o61oofo2021 S.M.SUBRAMANIAMeJ. AND C.KUMARAPPANeJ. VSI REV.APPLeNo.e61eofe2021 24-02-2026 Page4oofo4

Page1 of 4 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 24-02-2026 CORAM THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE S. M. SUBRAMANIAM AND THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE C.KUMARAPPAN and C.M.P.Nos.6321 & 6322 of 2021 V.Kamatchi No.46, Perumal Kovil Street, Chithambakkam Village, Mannavedu Post, Tiruvallur-602003 ..Petitioner(s) Vs 1. The Secretary To Government P And Ar Department, Fort St. George, Chennai-600009 2. The Secretary To Government Rd And Pr Department, Fort St. George, Chennai-600009 3. The Joint Secretary To Government Rural Development And Panchayat Raj Department, Fort St. George, Chennai-600009 ..Respondent(s) To review the judgment dt. 04.02.2021 passed in WA No.3091/2019 on the file of this Honble Court For Petitioner(s): Mr.Richardson Wilson for M/s. P.Wilson Associates For Respondent(s): Mr.U.M.Ravichandran, Spl.Govt.Pleader for R1 to R3 Page2 of 4