D.Jayakumar v. the Secretary to Government
Case brief
What is this about?
Madras High Court, decided 14.08.2025 by Mummineni Sudheer Kumar, J. W.P.No.13078 of 2013 / M.P.No. 2 of 2013; D.Jayakumar (petitioner) vs Secretary to Government, Environment & Forest Dept., Tamil Nadu, Principal Chief Conservator of Forest, and 30 co-respondents. Subject: Art.226 certiorarified-mandamus claim to quash Reg.No.AB-1/46260/2011 dt.18.04.2013 and secure Forester promotion/seniority ahead of respondents 3-32. Result: writ petition dismissed as infructuous on counsel's representation; no costs; connected miscellaneous petitions closed.
What did the court decide?
On the petitioner counsel's representation that the relief sought in the writ petition had become infructuous, the Court dismissed the writ petition as infructuous, awarding no costs and closing the connected miscellaneous petitions. ¶54