Theeran Thirumurugan from Madurai has filed the plea seeking directions to the Chief Secretary, Additional Chief Secretary, Secretary (Personnel and Administrative Reforms Department), Secretary (Home Department), Secretary (Revenue and Disaster Management Department), and the District Collector (Karur) to forebear from issuing or implementing any Government appointment order arising from the Karur stampede, till proceedings before the Supreme Court attain finality.

In his plea, the petitioner submitted that, as per a recent statement by the government, it proposed to provide government employment to the victims' families and that the appointment orders were likely to be distributed during the Chief Minister's proposed visit to the place on July 10^th.

The petitioner submitted that there is no uniform policy for providing permanent government employment is such cases of tragedy. It has been submitted that when Government employment is provided in respect to one incident, it would raise serious issues relating to equality and equal opportunity under Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution.

The petitioner submitted that government employment is a valuable constitutional opportunity and cannot be granted merely as an act of executive generosity. He further submitted that public service appointments should satisfy the requirements of equality, fairness, transparency and non-arbitrariness.

The petitioner submitted that every individual who possesses the required qualification has a constitutional right to compete for public employment. He added that there was no uniform policy explaining the criteria and legal framework under which the Government appointments are proposed to be made in cases of such tragedy. In the absence of such uniform guidelines, the petitioner submitted that the present proposal was arbitrary, unreasonable, and contrary to the constitutional mandate under Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution.

The petitioner submitted that since the proceedings in connection with the Karur tragedy were pending before the Supreme Court, granting irreversible administrative benefits would result in avoidable legal and administrative consequences. The petitioner thus sought directions to the authorities not to act upon such appointment orders till the matter had attained finality in the Supreme Court.

Case Title: Theeran Thirumurugan @ Thirumurugan v The Chief Secretary

Case No: WP(MD) 55928/2026 [filing number]