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G.Manigandan v. the Chairman

Madras HC9 Apr 2025WP/13071/2025

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What is this about?

Keywords: NSQF vocational diploma welding; level 4 and level 5 certificate of achievement; provisional diploma certificate; representation dated 10.03.2025; Murugappa Polytechnic College community college; AICTE; Board of Examination Tamil Nadu; writ of mandamus Article 226; consideration of representation within four weeks; Madras High Court; N. Mala J.; disposed without merits adjudication.

What did the court decide?

Direction to the second respondent to consider the petitioner's representation dated 10.03.2025 and pass appropriate orders on merits and in accordance with law within four weeks from receipt of a copy of the order; petition disposed of without costs. ¶36

G.Manigandan Vs the Chairman — Writ and Judicial Review | Madras HC (2025)

What the court decided

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether the respondents should consider the petitioner's representation dated 10.03.2025, seeking issuance of level 4 and level 5 certificates of achievement as well as provisional diploma certificate, within a stipulated time.

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Court's answer

Without going into the merits of the case, this Court directed the second respondent to consider the petitioner's representation dated 10.03.2025.

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Ratio / Principle

Appropriate orders on the representation were to be passed by the second respondent on merits and in accordance with law within four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of the order.

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Key takeaways

With the above direction, the writ petition was disposed of and no costs were awarded.ratio¶37

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Madras High Court (N. Mala J., 09.04.2025), W.P.No.13071 of 2025: G. Manigandan, a Tailor/HS-2 with the Ministry of Defence Ordnance Clothing Factory, Avadi, completed a free 3-year part-time NSQF Vocational Diploma in welding (January 2014 - March 2019) at the Community College, Murugappa Polytechnic College, sponsored by AICTE. He received level-3/level-4/Level-5 mark sheets (Aug 2015 / Dec 2018 / May 2019), a course completion certificate (30.07.2019) and a level 3 certificate of Achievement, but not his level 4 certificate of achievement or provisional diploma certificate; his representation dated 10.03.2025 drew no response. Filing a Writ of Mandamus under Article 226 of Constitution of India, his counsel confined the request to consideration of the representation, to which the Additional Government Pleader for R2 raised no objection. The Court, without entering merits, disposed of the petition, directing the second respondent (Chairman, Board of Examination, Department of Technical Education, Government of Tamil Nadu) to consider the representation dated 10.03.2025 on merits and in accordance with law within four weeks of receipt of a copy of the order; no costs.

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W.P.No.13071 of 2025

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

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DATED: 09.04.2025

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CORAM:

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THE HONOURABLE MRS.JUSTICE N.MALA

W.P.No.13071 of 2025

G. Manigandan

... Petitioner

Vs.

The Chairman All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) New Delhi.

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The Chairman

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Board of Examination Government of Tamil Nadu, Department of Technical Education, Chennai 600 025.

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The Principal Community College, Murugappa Polytechnic College, Sathyamurthy Nagar, Chennai 600 062.

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The Chairman Awards Committee Community College, Murugappa Polytechnic College, Sathyamurthy Nagar,

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Chennai - 600 062. ... Respondents

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W.P.No.13071 of 2025

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PRAYER : Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India, to issue Writ of Mandamus to direct the respondents to consider the representation of the petitioner dated 10.03.2025 seeking for issuance of level 4 and level 5 certificate of achievement as well as provisional diploma certificate within a stipulated time as may be fixed by this Court.

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For Petitioner : Mr.N.Umapathi

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For Respondents : Mrs.S.Indhubala Additional Government Pleader for R2

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O R D E R

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This writ petition is filed for a Writ of Mandamus directing the respondents to consider the representation of the petitioner dated 10.03.2025, seeking for issuance of level 4 and level 5 certificate of achievement as well as provisional diploma certificate within a stipulated time.

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The petitioner is working as a Tailor/HS-2 under Government of

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India, Ministry of Defence Ordnance Clothing Factory, Avadi, Chennai. The 1st respondent sponsored free Vocational Diploma in welding, 3 years part time course, under National Skills Qualification Framework (NSQF). The said course was jointly presented by the respondents. The petitioner joined the 3 years Vocational Diploma, in welding in the month of January 2014, in the 3rd

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respondent college and completed the same in the month of March 2019. The community college of Murugappa Polytechnic college, the 3rd and 4th respondents herein awarded the petitioner a level-3 mark sheet, in the month of August 2015, and level - 4 mark sheet in the month of December 2018 and Level-5 in the month of May 2019. The course completion certificate was also issued on 30.07.2019. The 2nd and 4th respondents issued level 3 certificate of Achievement to the petitioner. However, the petitioner did not receive his level 4 certificate of achievement and provisional certificate. The petitioner approached the college several times for issuance of the provisional certificate, but went in vain. Therefore, the petitioner submitted a representation on 10.03.2025, to the respondents seeking for issuance of provisional diploma certificate. Since there was no response, the petitioner filed the present writ petition.

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Though very many grounds have been raised in the Writ Petition, learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that, it would suffice, if this Court direct the second respondent to consider the petitioner's representation dated 10.03.2025, seeking for issuance of level 4 and level 5 certificate of achievement as well as provisional diploma certificate on merits and within a time frame to be fixed by this Court.

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The learned Additional Government Pleader for the 2nd respondent did not object to the said submission of the petitioner.

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Heard the learned counsels on either side and perused the materials available on record.

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Taking into consideration the factual aspects of the matter, this Court without going into the merits of the case, directs the second respondent to consider the petitioner's representation dated 10.03.2025, and pass appropriate orders on merits and in accordance with law, within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.

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