Madras High Court restrains functioning of office-bearers appointed by DMK to MTC trade union without conducting elections

The Supreme Court of Madras prevented Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) from the top three office owners from the Metropolitan Transport Corporation Oozhiyar Progressive Union (MTCOPU) to intervene in the daily business of the union.

Justice K. Kamaresh Babu, 59 MTCOPU member, DMK and affiliated body workers Progressive Federation (LPF) after the election of office carriers complaining that they want to complain that they wanted a joint case decision.

When the lawyer NGR Prasad was supported by R. Thirumoorthy, despite the fact that an election notification was published on February 26, 2025, the polls were not made and suddenly, the names of the office owners were published in the DMK organ. Murasoli On June 22, 2025.

Publication, Ravi nickname S. Sivakumar, D. Arumam and M. Perumal’ın MTCOPU President, secretary and treasurer as the appointed as the central level and warehouse level of the names of the office carriers will be announced later, he said.

This kind of nomination/appointment was not envisaged by Mr. Prasad, DMK or LPF under the MTCOPU regulation, and therefore, the three office carriers must intervene in the daily activities of the union.

On the other hand, Senior Advisor R. Viduthalai, representing the DMK and three new office carriers, said the political party, LPF and MTCOPU have been structured in an ideologically combined platform. Authorized, 59 plaintiffs should comply with the decision taken by the DMK, he said.

Authorized, the political party, to protect the discipline, avoid internal disputes and prevent operational challenges and existing appointments to prevent conflicts, he said.

After listening to both sides, the judge said that three new office owners admitted that they were not elected to tasks. Neither the DMK nor the LPF’s MTCOPU regulation required the election for these tasks, he said he could not nominate or appoint office carriers.

“This court would appreciate the same thing unanimously adopted by the first defendant members (MTCOPU). However, this court, at least 59 members of the first plaintiff.

“Therefore, since it was a clear violation of the regulations of the first participant, a prima disaster case was filed by the applicants. This court also found that there was a discomfort and irreparable balance of injury that may have the right to choose its representatives … Therefore, the order of injury will be found for the court.