M.Vadivelu v. the Chairman
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Madras High Court, W.P.No.25476 of 2025 (with W.M.P.No.28632 of 2025), decided 18.09.2025 by Manindra Mohan Shrivastava, CJ (authoring) and G.Arul Murugan, J. Petitioner M.Vadivelu challenged, under Article 226, the enquiry Letter No.4106/CV6(2)/2015-12 dated 01.07.2025 of the Chairman, State Level Scrutiny Committee-III reopening/re-verifying his community certificate (prayer relied on his 31.07.1995 verification by the District Collector, Chennai and on J.Chitra v. District Collector, (2021) 9 SCC 811, which the Court did not engage with). Petition DISMISSED on maintainability: the enquiry proceeded pursuant to this Court's earlier order dated 21.04.2025 in W.P.No.27907 of 2023 at the petitioner's own instance; liberty reserved to challenge the legality/validity of the order dated 21.04.2025 in such proceedings; no costs. Keywords: maintainability of writ petition; community certificate scrutiny/re-verification; State Level Scrutiny Committee; enquiry pursuant to earlier court order; Article 226 certiorarified mandamus.