Writ petition challenging a police promotion panel that excluded the petitioner. The court noted that the petitioner had since been promoted to Special Sub-Inspector of Police and nothing survived for adjudication; it dismissed the petition as infructuous with no costs.
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W.P(md)No.13953 of 2019
BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT
Dated:12.11.2025
CORAM
THE HONOURABLE Mr.JUSTICE C.KUMARAPPAN
WP(MD)No.13953 of 2019 and
W.M.P(MD)Nos.10456 and 10457 of2019
P.Muralidharan ... Petitioner
Vs.
1.The Director General of Police, Office of Director General of Police, Chennai.
2.The Deputy Inspector General of Police, Tirunelveli Range, Tirunelveli. 3.K.Anantha Muthuraman 4.K.Veldurai 5.A.Sankara Narayanan 6.M.Murugan 7.S.Thangaraj 8.A.Ganesh Kumar 9.S.Muthukutty 10.K.Swamy 11.P.Durairaj 12.N.Samuvel Asir Ebeneshar ... Respondents (R8 to R12 are impleaded vide order dated 02.08.2019 made in W.M.P(MD)No.12165 of 2019)
Prayer : Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India, praying to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, calling for the records of 1/4
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the impugned proceedings of the 1st respondent in RC No.43688/NGB IV(1)/2019 dated 13.06.2019 in so far as including the 3rd to 7th respondents in the promotion list as SSI(Taluk) and quash the same and consequently, directing the respondents 1 and 2 to include the name of the petitioner in the “C” list of the Head Constables/SSI for promotion of Sub Inspector of
Police(Taluk) for the year 2019 with all monetary and attendant benefits.
For Petitioner : Mr.Ramsundar Vijayaraj for M/s.Veera Associates For R1 & R2 : Mr.M.Sarangan, Additional Government Pleader *****
ORDER
When the matter was taken up for hearing today, the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submitted that though the petitioner challenged the promotion panel, now that the petitioner has been promoted to the post of Special Sub-Inspector of Police. Therefore, nothing survives for adjudication in the present writ petition. He has also made an endorsement to that effect.
2.In vie of the above, this Writ Petition stands dismissed as infructuous. No costs. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petitions are closed.
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether the writ petition survived after the petitioner's promotion to Special Sub-Inspector of Police.
1 provisions across 1 enactments
P.Muralidharan
The Director General of Police, Chennai
The Deputy Inspector General of Police, Tirunelveli Range, Tirunelveli
K.Anantha Muthuraman
K.Veldurai
A.Sankara Narayanan
C.Kumarappan
As recorded by the court registry
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