K.Murugan v. The Director General of Police
Case brief
What is this about?
Madras High Court, 11.12.2025, T. Vinod Kumar, J.: W.P.No.34245 of 2019 (K. Murugan v. Director General of Police, Commissioner of Police Greater Chennai, Deputy Commissioner of Police Intelligence Section) dismissed for non-prosecution; counsel gave up vakalath; repeated default by petitioner in person and through counsel; connected W.M.P.No.34876 of 2019 closed; no costs. Prayer (not adjudicated): certiorarified mandamus under Article 226 to quash PR.No.122/PR.IV(1)/2018 under Rule 3(b) dated 12.12.2018 and Rc.No.119173/AP.3(2)/2019 dated 21.06.2019 and reinstate petitioner into service. Keywords: non-prosecution dismissal, writ petition default, vakalath given up, party-in-person, no appearance, reinstatement claim undecided.
What did the court decide?
With no representation on behalf of the petitioner, either in person or through learned counsel, even on 11.12.2025 after repeated listings, the petitioner was shown not to be interested in pursuing the matter.