Dr.Azhaguraj, v. The State of Tamil Nadu
Case brief
What is this about?
Madras High Court single-judge order (T. Vinod Kumar, J., 16.12.2025) closing W.P.No.26120 of 2019 as abated following the petitioner Dr.Azhaguraj's death during pendency; notice returned endorsed 'deceased', counsel without instructions; no costs; connected W.M.P.Nos.25493 and 25498 of 2019 also closed. Original subject matter: Article 226 certiorari challenge to disciplinary charge memo R.No.51788/PHC3/A1/2019-3 dated 08.07.2019 issued by the Director of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Tamil Nadu. No substantive adjudication, no precedents cited.
What did the court decide?
Acting on counsel's report that the petitioner had died during the pendency of the writ petition and that counsel had no instructions, the court closed the writ petition as abated, awarded no costs, and consequently closed the connected W.M.P.Nos.25493 and 25498 of 2019; the merits of the challenged charge memo were never adjudicated.