Puducherry Cable Tv Operators v. Union of India
Writ Miscellaneous Petition – Dismissal as infructuous
Case brief
What is this about?
Madras High Court order dated 04.09.2025 by M.Dhandapani, J. dismissing as infructuous W.M.P.No.18010 of 2018 in W.P.No.11573 of 2018. Filed by Puducherry Cable TV Operators Welfare Association (Regn. No.351/2009, represented by Vice-President Annibal Nehru) against Union of India (Ministry of Information and Broadcasting) and the District Collector-cum-District Magistrate, Puducherry; advocate for petitioner: R.Renuga Devi. The petition, raised under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, sought a further six-month extension of the time limit in W.P.No.11573 of 2018 for MSO/LCOs in the Puducherry region to switch over completely from Analog to Digital mode. Counsel submitted the prayer had become infructuous with an endorsement; no substantive ruling on the digital switchover was made; no cases cited; no quantum involved.
What did the court decide?
In view of the petitioner's counsel's submission that the prayer had become infructuous and the endorsement made to that effect, the Court dismissed the petition as infructuous.