In this petition filed under Article 226 seeking directions to take action against specific police and executive officers, the Additional Advocate General informed the court that the underlying criminal proceedings had been previously quashed by this court. Consequently, the court found nothing left to adjudicate.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED : 23.04.2021
CORAM
THE HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE PUSHPA SATHYANARAYANA
W.P. No.21602 of 2017
D.Senthilkumar .. Petitioner
Vs.
1.The Chief Secretary to Government
Govt. of Tamil Nadu
Chennai - 600 009
2.The Home Secretary
Secretariat, Fort St. George
Chennai - 600 009
3.The Director General of Police
Office of the Director General of Police
Mylapore,
Chennai - 600 004
4.The District Collector
Coimbatore District Collectorate
Coimbatore - 641 018
Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for a Writ of Mandamus directing the respondents 1 to 3 to consider petitioner's representation dated 04.03.2017 and to take action against the then respondents 4 to 6 who were holding the post specified in the cause title at the time of incident as per law.
For Petitioner : Mr.D.Senthilkumar, Party-in-Person For Respondents: Mr.C.Emalias, Addl. Advocate General for Mr.R.S.Selvam, Govt. Advocate
O R D E R
This writ petition is filed for a writ of mandamus directing the respondents 1 to 3, to consider petitioner's representation dated 04.03.2017 and to take action against the respondents 4 to 6 herein.
+1 CC to The Government Pleader sr 25011.
W.P.No.21602 of 2017
VBM(CO)
SP(06/07/2021)
2 issues framed by the court
Whether the writ petition seeking directions to take action against respondents survives given the earlier quashing of related proceedings by this court.
Whether there is any surviving cause of adjudication in the writ petition after the quashing of the C.M.P. proceedings.
D.Senthilkumar
The Chief Secretary to Government, Govt. of Tamil Nadu
The Home Secretary
The Director General of Police
The District Collector
The Commissioner of Police
PUSHPA SATHYANARAYANA
As recorded by the court registry
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