P.Manoj Kumar, v. The District Collector
Case brief
What is this about?
Madras High Court; WP No. 15007 of 2019; T. Vinod Kumar J.; decided 20-08-2025; Article 226 Constitution of India; writ of Certiorarified Mandamus; Village Assistant recruitment; selection list Na.Ka.No.906/2015/A7 dated 14.02.2019 by Thasildhar, Sirkazhi Taluk, Nagappattinam District; 19 Village Assistants appointed; petitioner P.Manoj Kumar; representation dated 15.03.2019; petitioner died 24.06.2019; writ petition stands abated; writ petition closed; no costs; no case law or statutory provisions other than Article 226 discussed; no merits adjudicated.
What did the court decide?
Recording the learned counsel's submission that the petitioner had died on 24.06.2019 and that the writ petition accordingly stood abated, the Court closed the writ petition without costs, without adjudicating the merits of the challenge to the selection list.