Retd judge made admin of Tangedco union to sort internal power struggle

THE Madras High Court has appointed a former judge of the court, Justice P Devadass, as administrator of a trade union attached to the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (Tangedco) in order to resolve the tussle between different groups within the union and hold fresh elections for the state and executive councils.

- R SIVAKUMAR

The order, in this regard, was passed recently by Justice R M T Teekaa Raman while disposing a batch of suits filed by K Sampath, Shajahan and M Ramachandran, who claimed to have been elected as general secretary, president and treasurer respectively, of the Tamil Nadu Electricity Workers Federation (TNEFW).

They have been fighting for control of the TNEFW, which was established in 1958 and has deposits in various financial institutions worth crores of rupees.