Writ petition seeking promotion to Block Development Officer per the provisional seniority list of 01.01.2016. The Court was informed the petitioner had already been promoted with effect from 31.03.2017. Holding no further adjudication necessary, the writ petition and connected miscellaneous petitions were closed without costs.
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W.P.No. 942 of 2017
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED : 08.01.2024
CORAM
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE BATTU DEVANAND
W.P.No. 942 of 2017 and
W.M.P.Nos. 942 to 944 of 2017
S. Murugan
... Petitioner
Vs.
4.R. Nandagopalakrishnan
Writ petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, to call for the records of the third respondent in proceedings in Na.Ka.No.Pa.A4./127/2016-1 dated 08.12.2016 which was received on 26.12.2016 and quash the same insofar as the fixing the seniority below the name of Devarajan is concerned and fix him in the appropriate seniority list as on 01.01.2016 consequently direct the respondents 1 to 3 to consider the petitioner for https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis
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promotion to the post of Block Development Officer pursuant to the Provisional Seniority List as on 01.01.2016 in the cadre of Deputy Block Development Officer working in Villupuram District with effect from the date on which the vacancy arise in the cadre of Block Development Officer.
For Petitioner : Mr. V. Thirupathi
For Respondents : Mr. E. Vijay Anand, Additional Government Pleader
O R D E R
This Writ Petition has been filed seeking promotion to the post of Block
Development Officer pursuant to the Provisional Seniority List as on 01.01.2016 in the cadre of Deputy Block Development Officer working in Villupuram District.
2 . During the course of hearing, the learned Additional Government
Pleader has brought to the notice of the Court that the petitioner was promoted as Block Development Officer with effect from 31.03.2017 and he has placed written instructions before the Court to that effect.
3 . In view of the fact that the petitioner is already promoted as prayed in this writ petition, in my considered opinion no further adjudication is required in this writ petition.
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4 . Accordingly, this Writ Petition is closed.
08.01.2024
Index :Yes/No Neutral Citation :Yes/No
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BATTU DEVANAND, J.
AT
W.P.No. 942 of 2017 and W.M.P.Nos. 942 to 944 of 2017
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether the petitioner was entitled to promotion to the post of Block Development Officer as per the provisional seniority list dated 01.01.2016?
1 provisions across 1 enactments
S. Murugan
The Principal Secretary to Government, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department, Fort St. George, Chennai
The Director of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department, Saidapet, Chennai
The District Collector, Collectorate Buildings, Villupuram
R. Nandagopalakrishnan
P. Kesavalu
Battu Devanand
As recorded by the court registry
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