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P.Karthikeyan v. The Secretary to Government

Madras HC12 Nov 2025WMP/7266/2024

Case brief

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What is this about?

Cause title amendment; substitution of petitioner; R.Varadarajan; P.Karthikeyan; Tamil Nadu TASMAC Paniyalargal Padugappu Nala Sangam; writ miscellaneous petition; WMP No. 7266 of 2024; WP No. 23160 of 2018; Madras High Court; allowed as prayed for; K. Surender, J.; affidavit in support; TASMAC employees association; procedural order.

What did the court decide?

Amendment of the cause title granted as prayed for: substitution of R.Varadarajan, President, Tamil Nadu TASMAC Paniyalargal Padugappu Nala Sangam, 25, Nataraja Gardens, North Main Road, Chidambaram-608001, Chidambaram Taluk, Cuddalore District in place of P.Karthikeyan, President, Tamil Nadu TASMAC Paniyalargal, Padugappu Nala Sangam, 13-A, Arul Jothi Complex, Vadalur, Kurunjipadi Taluk, Cuddalore District. ¶21

P.Karthikeyan Vs The Secretary to Government — Madras HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether to allow the Writ Miscellaneous Petition seeking amendment of the cause title in WP No. 23160 of 2018, substituting R.Varadarajan, President, Tamil Nadu TASMAC Paniyalargal Padugappu Nala Sangam, 25, Nataraja Gardens, North Main Road, Chidambaram-608001, Chidambaram Taluk, Cuddalore District in place of P.Karthikeyan, President, Tamil Nadu TASMAC Paniyalargal, Padugappu Nala Sangam, 13-A, Arul Jothi Complex, Vadalur, Kurunjipadi Taluk, Cuddalore District.

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Court's answer

Having satisfied itself with the reasons stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the court allowed the Writ Miscellaneous Petition as prayed for, thereby permitting the amendment of the cause title sought by the petitioner.

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Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Madras High Court (K. Surender, J.), by order dated 12-11-2025, allowed WMP No. 7266 of 2024 in WP No. 23160 of 2018, a Writ Miscellaneous Petition praying for amendment of the cause title. The amendment substitutes R.Varadarajan, President, Tamil Nadu TASMAC Paniyalargal Padugappu Nala Sangam, 25, Nataraja Gardens, North Main Road, Chidambaram-608001, Chidambaram Taluk, Cuddalore District in place of P.Karthikeyan, President, Tamil Nadu TASMAC Paniyalargal, Padugappu Nala Sangam, 13-A, Arul Jothi Complex, Vadalur, Kurunjipadi Taluk, Cuddalore District. The court recorded that it was satisfied with the reasons stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition and ordered the petition as prayed for. No statute or precedent was considered; the order is purely procedural.

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WMP No. 7266 of 2024

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

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DATED: 12-11-2025

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CORAM

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THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K. SURENDER

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WMP No. 7266 of 2024 in WP NO. 23160 OF 2018

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P.Karthikeyan Petitioner

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The Secretary to Government (Home) Prohibition and Excise Department, Fort St. Geroge, Chennai-09.

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Respondent(s)

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Prayer: This Writ Miscellaneous Petition has been filed by the petitioner seeking amendment of the cause title of the petitioner as R.Varadarajan, President, Tamil Nadu TASMAC Paniyalargal Padugappu Nala Sangam, 25, Nataraja Gardens, North Main Road, Chidambaram-608001, Chidambaram Taluk, Cuddalore District from P.Karthikeyan, President, Tamil Nadu TASMAC Paniyalargal, Padugappu Nala Sangam, 13-A, Arul Jothi Complex, Vadalur, Kurunjipadi Taluk, Cuddalore District.

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For Petitioner(s): Mr.R.Gururaj

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For Respondent(s): M/s.B.Sudhir Kumar SPC for R4 & R5

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https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis

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WMP No. 7266 of 2024

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ORDER

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This Writ Miscellaneous Petition is filed seeking amendment of the cause

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title as R.Varadarajan, President, Tamil Nadu TASMAC Paniyalargal Padugappu Nala Sangam, 25, Nataraja Gardens, North Main Road, Chidambaram-608001, Chidambaram Taluk, Cuddalore District instead of P.Karthikeyan, President, Tamil Nadu TASMAC Paniyalargal, Padugappu Nala Sangam, 13-A, Arul Jothi Complex, Vadalur, Kurunjipadi Taluk, Cuddalore District.

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