K.Ganesan v. the Government of Tamilnadu
Case brief
What is this about?
Madras High Court common order dated 19.08.2025 by Justice Mummineni Sudheer Kumar dismissing W.P.Nos.33474 of 2013 and 23968 of 2014 filed by K. Ganesan against the Government of Tamil Nadu (Agriculture Department), the Commissioner of Agriculture and the Joint Director of Agriculture, Dharmapuri, as infructuous, following counsel P. Manoj Kumar's representation and endorsement that the relief sought does not survive; connected M.P.No.1 of 2013 closed; no costs. Underlying subject matter: disciplinary proceedings pursuant to charge memo in DCS-1 (3)/112951/2001 dated 17.06.2005 (certiorari sought) and permission to retire from 30.06.2001 with service and retirement benefits (mandamus sought); writs under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. No precedent cited; no monetary award.
What did the court decide?
Learned counsel for the petitioner represented, and made an endorsement to that effect, that the relief sought in these writ petitions does not survive; the Court accordingly proceeded on the basis that the petitions had become infructuous.