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2024 Supreme(Mad) 1323
IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADRAS, (MADURAI BENCH)
ABDUL QUDDHOSE, J.
M. Ramathal - Petitioner
Versus
The State of Tamil Nadu, Rep. by Principal Secretary to Government, Higher Education Department and Ors. – Respondents
W.P.(MD)No.15436 of 2020 and W.M.P.(MD)No.12969 of 2020
Decided On : 14-08-2024
Important Points
A writ petition becomes infructuous when the relief sought is no longer relevant or actionable.
Subject
Administrative Law - Writ Jurisdiction
Act Referred
Headnote
Writ Petition - Quashing of Impugned Orders - The court dismissed the writ petition as infructuous, acknowledging the petitioner's statement that the relief sought had become unnecessary, thereby indicating that the legal proceedings were no longer relevant or actionable.
Fact of the Case:
The petitioner filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking to quash certain impugned proceedings and an order of recovery issued by the respondents.
Finding of the Court:
The court noted that the petitioner indicated the relief sought had become infructuous, leading to the dismissal of the writ petition.
Issues: Whether the writ petition could be maintained given that the relief sought had become infructuous.
Ratio Decidendi: The court determined that if the relief sought in a writ petition is no longer relevant or actionable, the petition must be dismissed as infructuous.
Result: The writ petition was dismissed as infructuous, with no order as to costs.
For the Petitioner: Mr. F. Deepak
For the Respondents:Mr. T. Amjad Khan, Government Advocate.
ORDER :
(Abdul Quddhose, J.) :
(Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying for a Writ of Certiorari, to call for the records relating to the impugned proceedings issued by the second respondent in proceedings No.35822/C1/2018-3 dated 27.02.2020 and the subsequent impugned order of recovery issued by the third respondent in Se.Mu.Ka.No.005/A4/2020-1 dated 08.08.2020 and to quash the same.)
The learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that the relief sought for in this Writ Petition has now become infructuous. He has also made an endorsement to that effect in the Court bundle.
2. Recording the same, this Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous. There shall be no order as to costs. Consequently, the connected miscellaneous petition is closed.
