JUDGMENT

(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 in Letter Ref.No.SCN/314050523/23 dated 06.01.2023 on the file of the respondent and quash the same and directing the respondent to issue passport for petitioner by considering his representation dated 17.01.2023 within a prescribed time.)

“TAMIL”

are the words employed by Srilankan Poet Cheran in his foreword to Tho.Pathinathan''s novel “TAMIL”. The novelist narrates as to how the title was finalized :-

“TAMIL”

In the case of P.Ulaganathan and Others Vs. The Government of India and Others in W.P.(MD)No.5253 of 2009, I had also made a similar comparison. I referred to the mythological character “Thirisangu”. A refugee is neither here nor there. His fate hangs in the balance. He is at some point above ground level in the air in a supportless state (Kraiavin tarkalat tamil akarati). That''s the literal meaning of the title of the novel.

2. Let us come to the case facts. Sahayanathan is a Srilankan refugee. He came to India in the year 1990. He was put in Sennalakudi Refugee Camp, Nattarasankottai, Sivagangai Taluk. A re