Dr.R.Thenmozhi v. T.Udhayachandran and Another

ORDER When the matter was taken up for hearing today, the learned counsel for Government of Tamil Nadu, appearing on behalf of the University of Madras filed the status report. The relevant portions are extracted hereunder: The Special Syndicate at its meeting held on 28.11.2025 considered the orders thereon of the Hon'ble High Court of Madras passed on the writ Petition No. 31450 of 2024 and Contempt Petition No. 605 of 2025 filed by Dr.R.Thenmozhi, retired Professor & Head, Department of Management Studies, University of Madras regarding the clearance of pending terminal benefits, viz, Pension/Family pension arrears, DCRG, EL/UEL and Commutation, due for the period from April 2015 to September 2025, amounting to Rs. 95,44,21,085/-, to 465 pensioners/family pensioners and to discuss the feasibility of disbursing the said terminal benefits and RESOLVED that the pending terminal benefits, viz., DCRG for Rs. 19,84,30,212/-, EL/UEL for Rs. 30,95,86,645/- total amount to Rs. 50,80,16,857/- for the period from April 2015 to September 2025 as ordered in the WP No. 31450 of 2024 and Contempt Petition No.605 of 2025 by the Hon'ble High Court of Madras be utilized from the following deposits matured under Corpus fund and receipt of the Government Grants. SI. No Name of the account Amount in Rs. Date of maturity

¶1Corpus Fund 10,00,00,000

21.11.2025

¶2Corpus Fund 35,60,00,000

25.11.2025

¶3Grants received from Govt. towards clearing pending terminal benefits 20,00,00,000 G.O.Ms.No.285 Higher Edn. (H1) Dept., dated: 28.11.2025 65,60,00,000 To settle the commutation for Rs. 38,31,73,857 depending upon the option opted by the retiree, the Vice-Chancellor Convenor Committee be authorized to utilize the funds subjected to the option received from the retiree. The remaining amount if any, be deposited back to the appropriate heads/funds. RESOLVED FURTHER that the Pension arrears of Rs. 2,36,67,672/- and Family Pension arrears of Rs.3,95,62,699/- amounting to a total of Rs. 6,32,30,371 disbursed to the pensioners/family pensioners by meeting with the available funds in University General Fund (Non-Plan)/IDE account be approved and ratified. RESOLVED that the committee be constituted for revenue argumentation in various aspects to explore more funds in order to strengthen the Corpus Fund. RESOLVED further that the University will take continuous efforts to reequip the corpus funds spent at the earliest. RESOLVED that the Vice-Chancellor Convenor Committee be authorized for taking further course of action to clear all pending pensionary benefits from April 2015 to September 2025. In compliance with the above orders passed by the Hon'ble High Court of Madras and the decision of the special Syndicate dated 28.11.2025, the following terminal benefits have been disbursed to the Pensioners/ Family Pensioners based on the LPD derived and submitted by the Local Fund Audit subject to the conditions that any excess, inadmissible or irregular payment pointed out by the Audit authorities at later stage shall be recovered from the Pension as per rules. SI.No Voucher Number/Date Type of pensionary benefits No. of pensioners/family pensioners (both teaching and non-teaching) Disbursed amount in Rs. 145/21.11.2025 & 146/

24.11.2025

& 152/05.12.2025 Pension arrears 6,62,37,831 149/01.12.2025 DCRG 17,21,55,221 158/02.01.2026 Commutation 34,77,63,471 151/04.12.2025 EU/UEL encashment 28,83,29,881 159-217 various dates Miscellaneous [DCRG/Commutation/EL/UEL/ Pension and Family Pension arrears 2,25,94,740 Total So far disbursed 89,70,81,144 Kept on hold due to various reasons To be disbursed 5,73,39,941 Total 95,44,21,085 Among the dues amount of Rs. 95,44,21,085/-, an amount of Rs. 89,70,81,144/- has been disbursed to the Pensioners / Family Pensioners. The remaining amount of Rs. 5,73,39,941/-has been withheld due to various administrative reasons viz., individual court proceedings, non-submission of pension forms, etc., Which will be cleared / disbursed as and when sanctioned by the competent authorities. The aforesaid benefits have been sanctioned and paid to the following four categories of pensioners;

¶1Audit certificate obtained but not settled due to fund crises

¶2The Vice-Chancellor orders obtained but not settled the pensionary benefits those who retired from April 2015 to November 2020, based on the Syndicate resolution dated 15th September, 2014.

¶3The Provisional pension has been sanctioned to the pensioners who retired from December 2020 to March 2022, subject to the outcome of pending Audit objections.

¶4The pension proposal in respect of pensioners who retired between April 2025 and September 2025 has not been approved, due to audit objections.

2.It is clear from the above that out of Rs.95,44,21,085, only a sum of Rs.5,73,39,941/- remains to be disbursed even though it has been sanctioned and it is withheld due to various administrative reasons.

3.In the light of the above development, no further orders are required to be passed in this contempt petition and accordingly, this contempt petition is closed. Consequently, Sub application is also closed. 10-07-2026 Index:Yes/No Speaking/Non-speaking order Internet:Yes kp To

1.T.Udhayachandran Secretary to Government, Finance (Pension) Department, St.Fort George, Chennai-600 009.

2.S.Elumalai, Registrar, The University of Madras, Centenary Building, Chepauk, Chennai-600 005. N.ANAND VENKATESH J. kp

10-07-2026

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 10-07-2026 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE N. ANAND VENKATESH and Sub Appln (OS) No.1349 of 2025 Dr.R.Thenmozhi W/o. P. Deivasigamani, Flat-C, Lotus Valley, Plot No.1/1, D.G.Nagar, Fifth Street, Surapet, Chennai-600 066. Petitioner(s) Vs 1. T.Udhayachandran Secretary to Government, Finance (Pension) Department, St.Fort George, Chennai-600 009. 2.S.Elumalai, Registrar, The University of Madras, Centenary Building, Chepauk, Chennai-600 005. Contemnor(s) PRAYER Contempt petition filed under Section 11 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1974, to punish the respondents for willful disobedience of the common order passed in W.P.No.31450 of 2024 dated 30.10.2024. For Petitioner(s): Mr.T.Karthick Srinath for Ms/.K.M.Vijayan Associates For Respondent(s) Ms. R.K.Varshini C.G. of Tamil Nadu