The High Court of Madras dismissed a writ petition seeking seniority and promotion as infructuous because the petitioner had reached the age of superannuation before the disposal of the petition, rendering the claim moot.
The Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous. The connected WPMP is closed.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATE : 27.04.2018
CORAM
THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE P.D.AUDIKESAVALU
W.P.No.16008 of 2001 and W.M.P.No.23773 of 2001
N. Thiruvarangam ... Petitioner
Vs.
1.Registrar,
Bharathidasan University,
Tiruchirapalli
2. Kala Yoganathan
3. K. Ravikumar
4.Rita Jebarathinam
5.T. Mohana
6.A.R. Gopal
7.V. Rajagopal
8.K. Sengottuvel
9.R. Govindasamy
10.V. Malarvizhi
11.M. Senthil Arasi
12.Mary Josephine Cecelia
13.R. Mohan
14.S. Umakanthan
15.M. Chandrasekaran
16.N. Sathiyaseelan
17.A. Vanaja
18.I. Stephen Gnanaraj
19.R. Mangalam
20.R. Padma Lochi
21.V. Vijayalakshmi
22.R. Anbarasan
23.S. Manjula
24.R. Rangappan
25.K.K. Elangovan
26.P. Pargunan
27.R. Vasanthi
28.N. Nagendran ... Respondents
Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus to call for the records pertaining to the Order passed by the First Respondent in R.C.No.B1/073777/2001 dated 6.07.2001 insofar as the Petitioner is concerned and quash the same and direct the First Respondent to draw seniority list on the basis of the order passed by the First Respondent in R.C.No.B1/177/90 dated 15.12.1993 and further promote the Petitioner as Assistant Registrar on that basis.
For Petitioner : Mr.C. Vediappan for
True Copy
Sub-Assistant Registrar
sr
To
The Registrar, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirapalli
W.P.No.16008 of 2001
SP(07/06/2018)
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the Writ Petition survives for adjudication after the petitioner has reached the age of superannuation.
N. Thiruvarangam
Registrar, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirapalli
P.D. Audikesavalu
As recorded by the court registry
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