S.Sankar v. The Tamil Nadu Magnesite Limited
Case brief
What is this about?
Madras High Court order dated 10.03.2026, Judge Krishnan Ramasamy, W.P.No.13936 of 2022 (with W.M.P.Nos.13190 to 13192 of 2022), Article 226 writ of certiorarified mandamus against Clause No.1(b)(iii) of e-Tender Notification Tender Ref ADVT/CONTRACT/04E-1 dated 21.05.2022 issued by Tamil Nadu Magnesite Limited (Deputy Manager, Accounts, Contract Section, Salem); petition dismissed as infructuous because the tender period had expired; no costs; connected miscellaneous petitions closed; no precedent cited, no quantum involved. Useful only as a factual citation for expiry/infructuousness-based disposal, not for any ruling on tender-condition challenges.
What did the court decide?
Accepting the petitioner's counsel's submission that the prayer had become infructuous because the tender period had already expired and nothing survived for adjudication, this Court dismissed the Writ Petition as infructuous, ordered no costs, and closed the connected Miscellaneous Petitions (W.M.P.Nos.13190 to 13192 of 2022). The substantive question on the tender clause was left undecided.