E.S.Amarnath v. The Tamil Nadu Dr.M.G.R. Medical university
Case brief
What is this about?
Writ petition seeking declaration as passed in MD Community Medicine was closed as the petitioner failed in the re-examination conducted in May 2019, amounting to abandonment of the claim.
What did the court decide?
The writ petition is closed as the petitioner gave up the claim by writing the examination again.
What the court decided
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED :28.10.2020
CORAM
THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE N.ANAND VENKATESH
W.P.No.7651 of 2019
Dr.E.S.Amarnath
.... Petitioner
Vs.
- The Tamil Nadu Dr.M.G.R. Medical University, No.69, Anna Salai, Guindy, Chennai 600 032.
- The Controller of Examination, The Tamil Nadu Dr.M.G.R.Medical University, No.69, Annasalai, Guindy, Chennai 600 032. ...Respondents
Prayer:- Writ petitions filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue a Writ of Mandamus directing the respondent university to declare the petitioner having Registration No.201525002 as “Pass” in the Post Graduate Course in MD-Community Medicine in the University examination conducted in October 2018 by taking into consideration the marks obtained in the first evaluation itself within a time limit to be fixed by this Court.
Issues for consideration
2 issues framed by the court
Whether the petitioner, who wrote the same examination again while the writ petition for declaration as passed was pending, has substantively abandoned the claim.
Whether the writ petition should be closed as there is nothing left to decide after the petitioner gave up the claim.
Parties & counsel
- petitioner
Dr. E. S. Amarnath
- respondent
The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University
- respondent
The Controller of Examination, The Tamil Nadu Dr.M.G.R. Medical University
Coram
Case details
As recorded by the court registry
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