S.Santhi v. the Joint Director Fo Health
Case brief
What is this about?
Infructuous dismissal after 18-year pendency; writ of mandamus under Article 226; appointment as Pharmacist; Vadugar Community / Backward Class quota; sponsorship by District Employment Officer, Tiruvannamalai; Joint Director / Deputy Director of Health Services; G.O.Ms.No.105 Health and Family Welfare Department dated 03.05.2000; efflux of time; petitioner aged 41 at filing, about 60 at disposal; periodic adjournments; dismissed with no costs; connected M.P.No.1 of 2006 and M.P.No.1 of 2012 closed; Madras High Court, single-judge bench (C. Saravanan, J.); decision date 14.03.2025.
What did the court decide?
The Court found that more than 18 years had lapsed from the filing of the writ petition in 2006, during which the Petitioner had gone from about 41 years to about 60 years of age, and that the relief sought had consequently become infructuous due to efflux of time.