K.M.Sadhanandh v. the Member Secretary
Case brief
What is this about?
W.P. No.24156 of 2011, High Court of Judicature at Madras, decided 04.04.2025 by M.Sundar J. and K.Govindarajan Thilakavadi J.; petitioner K.M. Sadhanandh; respondents: Member Secretary, Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) and Secretary to Government of Tamil Nadu, Housing & Urban Development Department; subject: Article 226 certiorarified mandamus against Regulation 5, Category 2 of the Madras Metropolitan Development Authority (MMDA) Service Regulations, 1980 concerning the four-year Assistant Planner experience requirement for direct recruitment to Deputy Planner and eligibility of Town Planners outside CMDA/Government; result: petition declared infructuous and disposed of as closed/withdrawn, no order as to costs; no merits adjudication; keywords: CMDA, MMDA Service Regulations 1980, Deputy Planner, direct recruitment, infructuous, withdrawn.
What did the court decide?
No substantive relief; the writ petition and miscellaneous petitions were disposed of as closed/withdrawn as infructuous, with no order as to costs.