Representing the officers, Additional Advocate General M. Suresh Kumar submitted that the government had issued a Government Order (GO) on June 11, 2025 to form a committee to address issues related to compassionate appointments for legal heirs of government employees who died while in service. He added that a web portal had also been launched to facilitate a single-window system for processing such applications, in line with the court’s directions.

However, Justice Devanand expressed dissatisfaction with the state’s response, noting that these steps were taken only after the initiation of suo motu contempt proceedings.

On June 6, 2025, the judge had ordered the initiation of contempt proceedings after finding that the directives issued in 2023 including the formation of a committee and recommending amendments to the Tamil Nadu Civil Services (Appointment on Compassionate Grounds) Rules, 2023 to fix a time frame had not been implemented.

The court has now mandated the personal appearance of both the current and former Chief Secretaries to address the alleged failure to act on these judicial instructions.

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