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Arthur Joseph Asirvatham v. The Revenue Divisional Officer

Madras HC24 Jan 2025WP(MD)/17961/2022

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What is this about?

Dismissal as infructuous; writ of certiorarified mandamus; Article 226 Constitution of India; pastorate committee resolutions; St.George's Church administration; Revenue Divisional Officer, Madurai Revenue Division; order Na.Ka.No.2764/2022/C dated 01.06.2022; church committee dispute; no order as to costs; connected miscellaneous petitions closed; Madurai Bench of Madras High Court; G.K. Ilanthiraiyan, J.; no merits decided.

What did the court decide?

On the submission of learned counsel for the petitioner that the relief sought in the writ petition had become infructuous, the Court recorded the submission and dismissed the writ petition as infructuous, with no order as to costs, and closed the connected miscellaneous petitions. ¶21

Arthur Joseph Asirvatham Vs The Revenue Divisional… — Writ and Judicial Review | Madras HC (2025)

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W.P(MD)No.17961 of 2022

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BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT

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DATED: 24.01.2025

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CORAM

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THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE G.K.ILANTHIRAIYAN

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W.P(MD)No.17961 of 2022 and W.M.P(MD)Nos.13111 & 13112 of 2022

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Dr.Arthur Joseph Asirvatham

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... Petitioner

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1.The Revenue Divisional Officer, Madurai Revenue Division, Collectorate, Madurai.

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2.Dr.S.Manuel Jeyaraj 3.Devaram Gamaliel Paul 4.J.Rajesh ... Respondents

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PRAYER: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India, to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, to call for the records pertaining to the order vide Na.Ka.No.2764/2022/C, dated 01.06.2022 impugned order passed by the first respondent restraining the implementation of the resolutions passed in the pastorate committee of the St.George's Church by the duly elected body and in currency of the administration of the said church and quash the same as void and illegal and thereby directed the first respondent, to see the functioning of the pastorate committee under the secretaryship of this petitioner be

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implemented as per the democratic resolutions by giving protecting legal enforcement etc.

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For Petitioner : Mr.F.S.Eugene For R1 : Mr.S.Shanmugavel Additional Government Pleader For R2 to R4 : Mr.Arun Jeyathram

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ORDER

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When the matter is taken up for hearing today, the learned

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counsel appearing for the petitioner submitted that the relief sought for in this writ petition has become infructuous.

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2. Recording the said submission, this Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous. There shall be no order as to costs. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petitions are closed.

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The Revenue Divisional Officer, Madurai Revenue Division, Collectorate, Madurai.

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