This order terminates a writ petition challenging recruitment notifications at the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University. The court accepted the respondent's submission that the impugned notifications had been withdrawn, rendering the petition infructuous and closed it without costs.
No costs. The writ petition and connected miscellaneous petitions are closed.
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W.P.No.28346 of 2017
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED : 07.12.2022
CORAM
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE M.S.RAMESH
W.P.No.28346 of 2017 and W.M.P.Nos.30450 & 30451 of 2017
Dr. M. Saravanakumar ... Petitioner
Vs.
The Registrar, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore – 641 003. ... Respondent
Prayer : Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, calling for the records relating to notification dated 27.09.2017 in advertisement No.R3/21497/2017 and dated 29.09.2017 in advertisement No.R3/21498 (Regular vacancies)/2017, in their website “www.tnau.ac.in” on the file of the respondent herein and to quash the same and to direct the respondent to adhere to the selection process of by maintaining roster system taking each department as individual unit for each cadre (Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Professor) and not pooling each cadre for the whole university together, in accordance with the Orders of this Court in W.P.No.26769 of 2013, within a time frame as may be fixed by this Court.
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For Petitioner : Mr.P. Raja For Respondent : Mr.Abdul Saleem
ORDER
The learned counsel appearing for the respondent would submit that the impugned notification dated 27.09.2017 has already been withdrawn.
As such, the prayer sought for in the present Writ Petition has become infructuous.
2. Recording the submission of the learned counsel for the respondent, the Writ Petition stands closed. No costs. Connected miscellaneous petitions are closed.
07.12.2022
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W.P.No.28346 of 2017
To
The Registrar, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore – 641 003.
W.P.No.28346 of 2017
M.S.RAMESH,J.
Sni
W.P.No.28346 of 2017
07.12.2022
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the writ petition stands closed in light of the withdrawal of the impugned notification?
Dr. M. Saravanakumar
The Registrar, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore
M.S. Ramesh
As recorded by the court registry
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