R.Govindarajan Vs The Addl Director of Agrculture — Writ and Judicial Review | Madras HC (2025)

R.Govindarajan Vs The Addl Director of Agrculture — Writ and Judicial Review | Madras HC (2025)

What the court decided

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Outcome

None on merits; writ petition closed with no costs and connected miscellaneous petitions closed, following the petitioner's superannuation and counsel's endorsement that nothing survives for adjudication.

Issue for consideration

Whether the transfer proceedings dated 28.08.2019 (Pa.A.Pa.2/103863/2019) and the consequential proceedings dated 29.08.2019 (Se.Mu.Aa.No.A1/5124/2018) could be quashed and the petitioner directed to be allowed to continue as Assistant Director of Agriculture at Kadayampatti, Salem District, with consequential service and monetary benefits including arrears of salary.

Ratio / Principle

In view of the submission and endorsement made by the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner (nothing surviving for adjudication, the petitioner having been retained by interim stay and thereafter superannuated), the writ petition is closed with no costs, and the connected miscellaneous petitions are closed.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Madras High Court (T. Vinod Kumar, J.), by order dated 01.09.2025 in W.P.No.27215 of 2019, closed without adjudication a writ petition under Article 226 seeking a Certiorarified Mandamus to quash (i) proceedings of the Additional Director of Agriculture (Personnel), Chennai in Pa.A.Pa.2/103863/2019 dated 28.08.2019 and (ii) consequential proceedings of the Joint Director of Agriculture, Salem in Se.Mu.Aa.No.A1/5124/2018 dated 29.08.2019, and to direct that the petitioner, an Assistant Director of Agriculture, be allowed to continue at Kadayampatti, Salem District with consequential service and monetary benefits including arrears of salary. Counsel for the petitioner submitted that, owing to the interim stay granted at admission, the petitioner had been retained at the same place and had since superannuated, leaving nothing to adjudicate, and made an endorsement to that effect. On that submission and endorsement, the Court closed the writ petition with no costs and closed the connected miscellaneous petitions (W.M.P.Nos.26614 and 30872 of 2019). No ruling was rendered on the merits of the transfer challenge.

W.P.No.27215 of 2019

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED : 01.09.2025 CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.VINOD KUMAR

W.P.No.27215 of 2019 and W.M.P.Nos.26614 and 30872 of 2019

R.Govindarajan (Assistant Director of Agriculture, Kadayampatti, Salem District) 32/96, Arumugam Street, Fairlands, Salem – 636 316 Salem District. .. Petitioner vs 1.The Additional Director of Agriculture (Personnel), O/o, The Director of Agriculture, Chepauk, Chennai 600 005. 2.The Joint Director of Agriculture, Cherry Road, Salem 636 301 Salem District. 3.R.Sivakumar, Assistant Executive Engineer (incharge), Mettur Division, Kunjandyur, Mettur 636 403 Salem District. 4.R.Paneerselvam, Deputy Director of Agriculture (State Schemes) O/o. The Joint Director of Agriculture, Cherry Road, Salem 636 301 Salem District. … Respondents

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Prayer

Prayer : Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India,

praying to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus to call for the records

relating to the proceedings of the Additional Director of Agriculture (Personnel), Chennai, the first respondent herein made in Pa.A.Pa.2/103863/2019 dated 28.08.2019 and the consequential proceedings of the Joint Director of Agriculture, Salem, the 2 nd respondent herein made in Se.Mu.Aa.No.A1/5124/2018 dated 29.08.2019 quash the same and direct the respondents 1 and 2 herein to allow the petitioner herein to continue to work as Assistant Director of Agriculture at Kadayampatti, Salem District

with all consequential service and monetary benefits including arrears of salary which has not been paid on account of transfer.

For Petitioner : Mr.R.Nikkhilesh Athav for Mr.K.Rajkumar

For Respondents : Mr.T.Chandrasekaran for R1 and R2 Special Government Pleader Mr.D.Lakshmipathy for R3

O R D E R

Mr.R.Nikkhilesh Athav, learned counsel representing Mr.K.Rajkumar,

learned counsel for the petitioner submits that on account of the interim stay granted by this Court at the time of admission, the petitioner was retained in the same place and subsequently, he was superannuated from service. 2/5

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Hence, nothing survives for further adjudication in the present writ petition. He also made an endorsement to that effect.

In view of the submission and endorsement made by the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner, this writ petition is closed. No costs. Consequently connected miscellaneous petitions are closed.

01.09.2025

Speaking order / Non-speaking order Index : Yes / No Neutral Citation : Yes / No msv To 1.The Additional Director of Agriculture (Personnel), O/o, The Director of Agriculture, Chepauk, Chennai 600 005. 2.The Joint Director of Agriculture, Cherry Road, Salem 636 301 Salem District. 3.R.Sivakumar, Assistant Executive Engineer (incharge), Mettur Division, Kunjandyur, Mettur 636 403 Salem District. 4.R.Paneerselvam, Deputy Director of Agriculture 3/5

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(State Schemes) O/o. The Joint Director of Agriculture, Cherry Road, Salem 636 301 Salem District.

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T. VINOD KUMAR, J.

msv

W.P.No.27215 of 2019 and W.M.P.Nos.26614 and 30872 of 2019

01.09.2025

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