Justice S.M. Subramaniam of the Madras High Court has sent a written communication to its Registrar General questioning as to why professional tax is not being deducted from the salary of the High Court staff when there is no interim stay in a case filed by them, way back in 1998, against such deduction.
A copy of the letter accessed by The Hindu, states that one C. Selvaraj, general secretary of a private body titled Federation of Anti Corruption Teams India, had sent a complaint to the judge on September 19, 2022 stating that the High Court staff alone were not paying professional tax for several years.
On verification, the judge found that the Madras High Court Staff Association had filed a writ petition in 1998 challenging the provisions of the Tamil Nadu Tax on Professions, Trades, Callings and Employment Act of 1992. After 13 years, the writ petition was dismissed for non prosecution on July 5, 2011.
