HC imposes costs on T.N. govt. for appeals

HC imposes costs on T.N. govt. for appeals




The order was passed in a case involving the non-payment of salary for assistant professors.

The Hindu Bureau

MADURAI 27.08.2024

Dismissing a batch of appeals preferred by the State, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court imposed a cost of ₹50,000 on each appeal. A Division Bench of Justices R. Subramanian and L. Victoria Gowri observed, “All these 10 writ appeals are frivolous appeals arising out of the atrocious game played by the State of Tamil Nadu on its citizens.”

The court said, “We hope that this order will at least serve as a deterrent, and the government will avoid filing such writ appeals at least in the future. It is open to the government to recover the cost from the officers responsible for filing them.”

The petitioners were appointed as assistant professors. Though the appointments were made as early as 2009, the Joint Director of Collegiate Education, Tirunelveli Region, approved them only in 2020, with effect from 2009.