M C B Koman I C S Judge: Born on 14th May 1897 son of Rao Bahadur Sir M C Koman Civil Surgeon Madras General Hospital, M C Balachandra Koman graduated from Madras Christian College. He was a Barrister-at -Law from the Middle Temple while a probationer with Indian Civil Service at Queens College Cambridge in 1921. His first appointment was as Assistant Collector at Masulipatam in Kistna District of erstwhile Madras Presidency He served the usual Revenue grades of District Collector, Under Secretary and Deputy Secretary in the Local Self Government Department and then became District and Sessions Judge at Chingleput in 1935. He served as District and Sessions Judge at Madurai (1940 - 1941) District and Sessions Judge at Trichinopoly (1941 - 1942) District and Sessions Judge at Cuddalore (1942 - 1943) and district and Sessions Judge Tanjore (1949). M C B Koman was elevated Additional Judge on the Bench of His Majesty's High court of Judicature in 1945 - 1946 when a European Judge went on furlough. Koman retired as Principal Judge City Civil Court in August 1958. Thereafter he was appointed Hon. Director of Legal studies at Madras Law College until his relinquishment.And in Judge M C B Koman's death it is felt that one more ring in the attenuated chain of the old order of the Indian Civil service has snapped.
