The petitioner has come forward with this writ petition challenging the resolution dated 24.08.2015 passed by the first respondent in and by which the first respondent declared the second respondent as the President of the Tamil Nadu Medical Council in the election conducted on 24.08.2015.

2. The case of the petitioner, as could be culled out from the affidavit filed in support of the writ petition is that he was the duly elected President of the first respondent council, which is a statutory body within the State of Tamil Nadu as provided under the Tamil Nadu Medical Registration Act 4 of 1914. According to the petitioner, the members of the first respondent will be nominated and duly elected in accordance with Section 5 of the Tamil Nadu Medical Registration Act. The petitioner would further contend that the council consisting of 10 members out of which 7 members were elected by the registered medical practitioner and 3 were nominated by the State Government.

3. According to the petitioner, he retired as Director of Institute of Venerology in the Madras Medical College and had rendered 33 years of government service. On consideration of such length of service, the petitioner