K.Sivaprakash v. Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board
Case brief
What is this about?
Procedural disposal only — no merits decided. Keywords: infructuous; writ petitions closed; no costs; connected miscellaneous petitions closed; Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB); Chairman; Assistant Engineer; Notification No. 1/2019 dated 06.03.2019; B.Tech in Energy and Environmental Engineering; B.Tech in Biotechnology; Article 226 of the Constitution of India; Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus; Madras High Court; T. Vinod Kumar, J.; WP Nos. 9663 & 9665 of 2019; WMP.Nos.10280, 10281, 10282, 10277, 10278 & 10279 of 2019; dated 02-09-2025. Cite only to show the petitions were closed as infructuous on counsel's endorsement; the judgment contains no holding on eligibility qualifications for the Assistant Engineer post.
What did the court decide?
Recording the submission of learned counsel for the petitioners, supported by an endorsement in the court bundles, that the cause in the writ petitions does not survive and the petitions have become infructuous, the Court closed the writ petitions as infructuous, with no costs, and closed the connected miscellaneous petitions. No issue was decided on merits.