Petitioner sought issuance of writ to quash an order and direct issuance of a Community Certificate. The court held that the Revenue Divisional Officer had already issued the certificate on 12 April 2017, rendering the petition infructuous.
Petition dismissed as infructuous due to subsequent issuance of the Community Certificate.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 17.04.2017
CORAM:
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.K.SASIDHARAN
and
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE M.V. MURALIDARAN
W.P. No.1188 of 2017
S. Chandru
..Petitioner
Vs
1. The District Collector,
District Collector Office,
Singaravelar Maligai,
Chennai – 600 001.
2. The Personal Assistant (General)
The District Collector of Chennai
Chennai – 600 001.
3. The Revenue Divisional Officer (Incharge),
Egmore,
Chennai – 600 031.
4. The Tahsildar,
Triplicane Taluk,
Triplicane, Chennai – 600 005.
..Respondents
Prayer:- The Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, for issuance of a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus to call for the records of 3rd respondent impugned order no. A3/328/2016, dated 15.09.2016, quash the same and direct the respondents 1 to 4 to issue S.T. Hindu Kurumans Community Certificate to petitioner S. Chandru, and his sisters viz., S. Vijayalakshmi and S. Jayanthi.
For Petitioner : Mr. P. Murali For Respondents : Mr. K. Venkataramani
Additional Advocate General
K.K.SASIDHARAN,J.
The Revenue Divisional Officer, Egmore Division, issued Community Certificate to the petitioner on 12 April 2017. 2. In view of the subsequent events as indicated above, nothing survives for adjudication in this petition. The Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous. No costs. Sd/Assistant Registrar //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar
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To
1 provisions across 1 enactments
S. Chandru
The District Collector
The Personal Assistant (General)
The Revenue Divisional Officer (Incharge)
The Tahsildar
K.K. Sasidharan
M.V. Muralidaran
As recorded by the court registry
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