Writ petition challenging a TNPSC recruitment notification for Assistant Director of Fisheries posts under the Tamil Nadu Fisheries Service Rules. Petitioners 1, 2 and 4 were promoted during pendency and petitioner 3 died; nothing survived for adjudication.
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W.P.No.6481 of 2017
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED : 02.01.2024
CORAM
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE BATTU DEVANAND
W.P.No. 6481 of 2017 and W.M.P.Nos. 6998 & 6999 of 2017
1.T. Uma Kalai Selvi
2.G. Gogula Ramanan
3.K. Senthilkumar 4.N. Pancha Raja
... Petitioners
Vs.
1.Government of Tamil Nadu, Rep., by its Secretary, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Department, Fort St. George,
Chennai – 600 009.
... Respondents
Writ petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, calling for the concerned records from the third respondent, quash the notification issued by the third respondent dated 01.11.2012 bearing No.42/2012 as illegal, arbitrary and contrary to Rule 2(a) of the
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Tamil Nadu Fisheries Service Rules and consequently direct the respondents to fill up the vacancies in the post of Assistant Director of Fisheries in accordance with Rule 2(a) of the Tamil Nadu Fisheries Service Rules.
For Petitioners : Ms. R. Kamatchi Sundaresan For Respondents : Mr. C. Sangamithirai, for R1 & R2 Special Government Pleader Mr. Karthikeyan, for R3
O R D E R
This Writ Petition has been filed seeking writ of certiorarified mandamus, calling for the concerned records from the third respondent, quash the notification issued by the third respondent dated 01.11.2012 bearing No.42/2012 as illegal, arbitrary and contrary to Rule 2(a) of the Tamil Nadu Fisheries Service Rules and consequently direct the respondents to fill up the vacancies in the post of Assistant Director of Fisheries in accordance with Rule 2(a) of the Tamil Nadu Fisheries
Service Rules.
2 . The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that as per the instructions received from their clients, the petitioners 1, 2 and 4 are promoted as Assistant Director of Fisheries during the pendency of this writ petition and the third
petitioner died.
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3 . In view of this factual position, the learned counsel for the petitioners
submits that nothing survives in this writ petition for adjudication.
4 . In view of the above submission and the considered opinion of this
Court, no further adjudication is required in this writ petition.
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Index :Yes/No
Neutral Citation :Yes/No
AT
To
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BATTU DEVANAND, J.
AT
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2 provisions across 2 enactments
T. Uma Kalai Selvi
G. Gogula Ramanan
K. Senthilkumar
N. Pancha Raja
Government of Tamil Nadu, Rep., by its Secretary, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Department
The Director of Fisheries
Battu Devanand
As recorded by the court registry
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