N.Murugan v. The State of Government
Case brief
What is this about?
Madras High Court, order dated 26.03.2025 by C. Saravanan J.: W.P.No.27959 of 2014 (with connected M.P.No.1 of 2014) dismissed as infructuous without costs after petitioners' counsel endorsed that nothing survived for adjudication. Subject matter (unadjudicated): pay-scale parity for Sanitary Workers versus Watchman; challenge to G.O.Ms.No.47, School Education Department dated 02.03.2012; scales involved Rs.1,300/- to Rs.3,000/- + G.P. Rs.300/- versus Rs.4,800/- to Rs.10,000/- + G.P. Rs.1,300/-; respondents: State Government (School Education Department), Director of School Education and District Educational Officers, Villupuram/Tindivanam. Useful for tracing the fate of this pay-fixation petition, not for citing any judicial reasoning.
What did the court decide?
Acting on the submission of the learned counsel for the petitioners (made on instructions and supported by an endorsement in the Court bundle) that the relief sought had become infructuous and nothing survived for adjudication, this Court dismissed the Writ Petition as infructuous, with no costs.