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P.Jebaraju v. the Member Secretary

Madras HC12 Feb 2026WP(MD)/6829/2020

Case brief

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What is this about?

Keywords: Tamil Nadu Uniformed Services Recruitment Board (TNUSRB); Direct Recruitment Sub-Inspector of Police 2019; Question Nos. 74 & 164 ('C' Series); writ of certiorarified mandamus; Article 226; writ petition closed as infructuous; no order as to costs; connected miscellaneous petition closed; Madurai Bench of Madras High Court; Justice R. Vijayakumar; counsel A. Rajaram (petitioner), Government Advocate P. T. Thiraviyam (respondents); decision dated 12.02.2026. Outcome: petition disposed/closed as infructuous without adjudication of the rejection or the claim for one mark.

What did the court decide?

No relief granted. The writ petition was closed as infructuous upon the petitioner's own counsel's submission; no order as to costs; the connected Miscellaneous Petition (W.M.P(MD) No.6230 of 2020) was also closed. ¶27

P.Jebaraju Vs the Member Secretary — Writ and Judicial Review | Madras HC (2026)

What the court decided

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether the prayer sought for in the writ petition had become infructuous, warranting closure of the petition.

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Court's answer

In view of the submission made by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the prayer sought for in the writ petition had become infructuous, this Court closed the Writ Petition as infructuous, ordered that there shall be no order as to costs, and consequently closed the connected Miscellaneous Petition.

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Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

W.P.(MD).No.6829 of 2020 (with connected W.M.P(MD) No.6230 of 2020), Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, decided 12.02.2026 by Hon'ble R. Vijayakumar J. Petitioner P.Jebaraju had filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking a Certiorarified Mandamus to quash the order published on the official website by the Member Secretary, Tamil Nadu Uniformed Services Recruitment Board, in so far as it rejected him in the Direct Recruitment for the post of Sub-Inspector of Police (Taluk, Armed Reserve (Men & Women/Transgender) & Tamil Nadu Special Police (Men)) – 2019, and to direct the respondents to award one mark (0.5 each) for Question Nos.74 & 164 ('C' Series) and select him for the next phase. When the matter was taken up on 12.02.2026, learned counsel for the petitioner (Mr. A. Rajaram) submitted that the prayer sought for in the writ petition had become infructuous. Accepting that submission, the Court closed the writ petition as infructuous, made no order as to costs, and consequently closed the connected miscellaneous petition. No substantive ruling was rendered on the merits of the challenged rejection or the claimed answer-key marks; the petition may therefore be cited only as an instance of closure on infructuity.

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W.P.(MD).No.6829 of 2020

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BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT

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DATED : 12.02.2026

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CORAM:

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THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE R.VIJAYAKUMAR

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W.P(MD)No.6829 of 2020 and

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W.M.P(MD) No.6230 of 2020

P.Jebaraju

... Petitioner

The Member Secretary, Tamil Nadu Uniformed Services, Recruitment Board,

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Old Commissioner of Police Office Campus,

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Pantheon Road, Egmore, Chennai – 600 008.

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The Member,

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Sub Committee, Tamil Nadu Uniformed Services, Recruitment Board,

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Old Commissioner of Police Office Campus, Pantheon Road,

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Egmore, Chennai – 600 008.

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... Respondents

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PRAYER: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying this Court to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, calling for the records pertaining to the impugned order published in official website by the first respondent dated Nil in so far as the petitioner's rejection is concerned and quash the same and consequently direct the respondents to award one mark (each 0.5marks) for the Question No.74 & 164 (“C” Series Question

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Type) to the Direct Recruitment for the post of Sub-Inspector of Police (Taluk, Armed Reserve (Men & Women/Transgender) & Tamil Nadu Special Police (Men)) – 2019 and further direct the respondents to select the petitioner for next phase of selection.

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For Petitioner : Mr.A.Rajaram For Respondents : Mr.P.T.Thiraviyam Government Advocate

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O R D E R

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When the matter is taken up for hearing today, the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner would submit that the prayer sought for in the writ petition has become infructuous.

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2. In view of the submission made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, this Writ Petition is closed as infructuous. There shall be no order as to costs. Consequently connected Miscellaneous Petition is closed.

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The Member Secretary, Tamil Nadu Uniformed Services, Recruitment Board, Old Commissioner of Police Office Campus, Pantheon Road,

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Egmore, Chennai – 600 008.

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The Member, Sub Committee, Tamil Nadu Uniformed Services, Recruitment Board, Old Commissioner of Police Office Campus, Pantheon Road, Egmore, Chennai – 600 008.

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R.VIJAYAKUMAR,J.

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