The petitioner filed a writ petition for an employment visa for her husband. The court held that since the husband left India in 2018 after the writ was filed in 2019, the matter became infructuous and dismissed the petition without adjudication.
Petition dismissed as infructuous with no costs.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED : 18.02.2021
CORAM
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE ABDUL QUDDHOSE
W.P. No.4250 of 2019
Roshna Chandran Stonebridge .... Petitioner Vs. 1. Regional Registration Officer O/o. Foreigers Regional Registration Office Bureau of Immigration, Sasthri Bhavan Annexe No.26, Haddows Road, Nungambakkam Chennai – 600 006. 2. Regional Registration Officer, O/o. Foreigners Regional Registration Officer Bureau of Immigration No.1, II Cross Navasakthi Nagar, Vazhudavur Road, Pondicherry – 605 009. ..... Respondents Prayer : Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a Writ of Mandamus directing the 2nd respondent to process the Employment Visa registration Application dated 08.11.2017 vide application ID No.PY0200181217, submitted by the petitioner's husband Mr.Andrew Neil Stonebridge and consequently direct the 2nd respondent to provide registration of Employment Visa for the petitioner's husband Mr.Andrew Neil Stonebridge .
ORDER
The learned Central Government Standing Counsel appearing for the respondents would submit that the petitioner's husband
has already left India in the year 2018 itself and therefore, the writ petition has now become infructuous.
1 issue framed by the court
Whether a writ petition seeking visa registration becomes infructuous when the visa applicant has left the country prior to adjudication.
1 provisions across 1 enactments
Roshna Chandran Stonebridge
Regional Registration Officer, Foreigners Regional Registration Office, Chennai
Regional Registration Officer, Foreigners Regional Registration Office, Pondicherry
Abdul Qudhoose
As recorded by the court registry
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