Petitioner sought writ of Mandamus to direct respondents to conduct the Avani Festival. The High Court dismissed the writ petition as infructuous because the prayer had become time-barred or irrelevant by the date of hearing.
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BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 22.10.2018
CORAM:
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE V.PARTHIBAN W.P.(MD) No.18507 of 2018
and
W.M.P.(MD).No.16408 of 2018
V.Arumugam Asari ... Petitioner vs. 1.The Joint Commissioner, Hindu Religious & Charitable Endowment, Madurai. 2.The Inspector, Hindu Religious & Charitable Endowment, Melur, Madurai District.
3.The Revenue Divisional Officer, Madurai District, Madurai. 4.The Tahsildar, Melur, Madurai District. 5.The Inspector of Police, Melur Police Station, Melur, Madurai District. 6.S.Muthuvel @ Shanmugam Asari 7.S.M.Saravanakumar 8.K.Sakthivel Murugan 9.V.S.G.Thiagarajan ... Respondents
PRAYER: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of Writ of Mandamus, directing the respondents 1 and 2 with the aid of the respondents 3 to 5 to conduct the Avani Festival for the year 2018 from 24.08.2018 to 28.08.2018 or any other days of the Arulmighu Sri Kamatchi Amman Temple, situated at Manthaithidal, Melur Taluk, Madurai.
For Petitioner : Mr.M.Kannan https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ For R1 to R5 : Mr.M.Jeyakumar Additional Government Pleader
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O R D E R
When the matter is taken up for hearing today, the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submitted that the prayer sought for in this writ petition has become infructuous.
2.In view of the aforesaid submission, this Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous. No costs. Consequently, the connected miscellaneous petition is closed.
// True Copy //
Sub Assistant Registrar(CS-IV)
To:
1.The Joint Commissioner, Hindu Religious & Charitable Endowment, Madurai. 2.The Inspector, Hindu Religious & Charitable Endowment, Melur, Madurai District. 3.The Revenue Divisional Officer, Madurai District, Madurai. 4.The Tahsildar, Melur, Madurai District. 5.The Inspector of Police, Melur Police Station, Melur, Madurai District.
+1 CC TO The Special Government Pleader SR.NO. 91136 W.P.(MD) No.18507 of 2018 22.10.2018 NS TR/SKN-RSK/SAR-IV(02.11.2018)2P 7C
V. Arumugam Asari
The Joint Commissioner, Hindu Religious & Charitable Endowment, Madurai
The Inspector, Hindu Religious & Charitable Endowment, Melur, Madurai District
The Revenue Divisional Officer, Madurai District, Madurai
The Tahsildar, Melur, Madurai District
The Inspector of Police, Melur Police Station, Melur, Madurai District
V. Parthiban
As recorded by the court registry
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