Writ petition seeking fixation of seniority in the Assistant cadre with consequential benefits; counsel stated that subsequent developments left nothing to decide, and the court dismissed it as infructuous.
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W.P.No.26554 of 2017
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED : 05.01.2024
CORAM
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE BATTU DEVANAND
W.P.No. 26554 of 2017
T. Sundarrajan
... Petitioners
Vs.
1.Government of Tamil Nadu, Represented by its Secretary, Revenue and Disaster Management Department, Survey and Settlement Wing, Fort St. George, Chennai – 600 009.
Chepauk, Chennai – 600 005. ... Respondents
Writ petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, to call for the entire records which culminated in passing the order in Letter (1D) No. 342 dated 25.07.2017 on the file of the first respondent, quash the same and consequently direct the respondents to fix seniority of the petitioner in the cadre of Assistant as on the date on which he was promoted/transferred to the post of Assistant namely 29.09.1988 with all consequential service and monetary benefits by considering his representation dated 06.10.2016 within a time limit that may be fixed by this Court.
For Petitioner : Mr. P. Ganesan For Respondents : Mrs. C. Sangamithirai, Special Government Pleader
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O R D E R
Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that in view of the
subsequent development happened during the pendency of this writ petition, nothing
survives in this writ petition and sought to dismiss the writ petition as infructuous.
2. In view of the above, this Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous.
3. There shall be no order as to costs.
05.01.2024
Index :Yes/No
Neutral Citation :Yes/No
AT
To
1.The Secretary, Government of Tamil Nadu, Revenue and Disaster Management Department, Survey and Settlement Wing, Fort St. George, Chennai – 600 009.
2.The Director of Survey and Settlement, Chepauk, Chennai – 600 005.
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1 provisions across 1 enactments
T. Sundarrajan
Government of Tamil Nadu, Represented by its Secretary, Revenue and Disaster Management Department, Survey and Settlement Wing
Director of Survey and Settlement
Battu Devanand
As recorded by the court registry
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