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G.Venkatesan v. The Commissioner

Madras HC1 Apr 2026WP/19192/2021

Case brief

AI extract

What is this about?

Compassionate appointment; Villupuram Municipality; writ petition dismissed as abated; prayer not pressed; no further adjudication; Article 226; Certiorarified Mandamus; G.O.Ms.No.18 Labour and Employment (Q1) Department dated 23.01.2020; Na.Ka.No.3678/2020/H1; order dated 23.06.2021; Madras High Court; Mohammed Shaffiq J.; no costs; no merits decision.

What did the court decide?

None - the prayer was not pressed; the writ petition was dismissed as abated with no costs. ¶23

G.Venkatesan Vs The Commissioner — Writ and Judicial Review | Madras HC (2026)

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W.P. No.19192 of 2021

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

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DATED: 01-04-2026

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CORAM

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THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE MOHAMMED SHAFFIQ W.P. No.19192 of 2021

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G.Venkatesan

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S/o.Late Ganesan, No.45, College Road, Kizperumbakkam, Villupuram 605 602

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..Petitioner(s)

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The Commissioner, Villupuram Municipality, Villupuram.

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..Respondent(s)

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PRAYER: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for a writ of Certiorarified Mandamus calling for the concerned records from the respondent, quash the order of the Respondent dated 23.06.2021 bearing Na.Ka.No. 3678/ 2020/H1 as illegal, arbitrary and contrary to law and consequently direct the respondent to consider the application of the petitioner in terms of G.O.Ms.No.18, Labour and Employment (Q1) Department, dated 23.01.2020 for providing compassionate appointment and appoint the Petitioner in the suitable post on Compassionate grounds within the time frame stipulated by this Court.

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For Petitioner(s):

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Mr.Balan Haridas

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For Respondent(s): Mr.D.Ravichander

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https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis

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W.P. No.19192 of 2021

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ORDER

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When the matter was taken up for hearing today, the learned counsel

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appearing on behalf of petitioner made a submission that the prayer in the writ petition is not pressed and no further adjudication needs to be made in respect of

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the grounds raised in the writ petition.

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