Vijaya Kanth.K v. the State of Tamil Nadu
Case brief
What is this about?
Dismissed for non-prosecution. W.P.(MD) No.1656 of 2022 and W.M.P.(MD) Nos.1444, 1445, 1446 & 1447 of 2022; R.Vijaya Kanth v. State of Tamil Nadu, Director of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Mission Director NHM, NCVRT, District Collector and Deputy Director of Health Services, Virudhunagar. Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Abdul Quddhose J., decided 17.10.2025. Subject: challenge under Article 226 to G.O.(Ms) No. 516 Health and Family Welfare (EAPII-2) Department dated 19.11.2021 for non-inclusion of the P.G. Diploma in Sanitary Inspector Course (offered by NCVRT) for recruitment to Multipurpose Health Worker/Health Inspector Grade II. Petitioner's counsel twice failed to obtain instructions; petition dismissed for non-prosecution, no costs, connected miscellaneous petitions closed; no ruling on merits.
What did the court decide?
Given the age of the 2022 writ petition and repeated adjournments sought only to obtain instructions, the Court inferred that the petitioner was not interested in prosecuting the writ petition.