The High Court at Madras dismissed writ petitions filed by students seeking MBBS admissions via quota reservation. The petitioners informed the court they had already secured admission elsewhere, rendering the petitions infructuous.
Dismissal of writ petitions as infructuous due to petitioners joining other colleges; no costs.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED 09.11.2021 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KRISHNAN RAMASAMY W.P.Nos.23349, 24275 & 23085 of 2017 and W.M.P.Nos.24444, 25661, 25662, 25663, 24198 & 24199 of 2017
N.R.Prahash ...Petitioner in W.P.Nos.23349 & 23085/2017 D.Nivedita ...Petitioner in W.P.No.24275/2017
..Vs..
PRAYER in W.P.No.23349/2017: Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India, praying to issue writ of mandamus, directing the second respondent to consider the petitioner for the MBBS admission under the Linguistic Minority quota against the Government quota in the third respondent's college.
PRAYER in W.P.Nos.24275 & 23085/2017: Writ Petitions filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India, praying to issue a writ of certiorarified mandamus, to call for the records pertaining to G.O.Ms.No.37, Chief Secretariat, (Health Department), dated 26.08.2017 passed by the second respondent in so far it relates to conversion of unfilled MBBS NRI quota seats as Management quota as well as All India quota and quash the same and further direct the second respondent to fill up the unfilled MBBS NRI seats on merit as Government quota.
For Petitioners : Mr.R.Sreedhar ...in all WPs. For Respondents : Mr.C.T.Ramesh Additional Government Pleader for R1 & R2 in WP.No.23349/2017 and for R1 to R3 in WP Nos. 24275 & 23085/2017
Mr.Abishek Jenasenan for R4 Mr.T.V.Lakshmanan for R5 Mr.B.Balavijayan for R6 M/s.Shubharanjani Ananth Standing Counsel for R7
.....R4 to R7 in WP.Nos.24275 & 23085/2017
COMMON ORDER
The learned Counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the petitioners have already joined in some other college and they are not willing to pursue these matters. Therefore, the prayers in these Writ Petitions have already became infructuous.
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Assistant Registrar (CO)
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Sub Assistant Registrar
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+2ccs to Mr.A.Jenasenan, Advocate SR. No.57937 +1cc to M/s.Shubharanjani Ananth, Advocate SR. No.57533
W.P.Nos.23349, 24275 & 23085 of 2017 and W.M.P.Nos.24444, 25661, 25662, 25663, 24198 & 24199 of 2017
SSV (CO) PR (01/12/2021)
N.R.Prahash
D.Nivedita
Union of India
Sri Venkateshwaraa Medical College Hospital & Research Centre
The Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences
Medical Council of India
Krishnan Ramasamy
As recorded by the court registry
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