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2025 Supreme(Online)(Mad) 64662

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
N.ANAND VENKATESH, J
R.Mathura – Appellant
Versus
Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellant: Mr.S.Natarajan
For the Respondents: Mrs.R.Durgarani, Mr.E.Veda Bagath Singh

Table of Content
1. petitioner seeks assignment of a child for adoption. (Para 1 , 2)
2. describes adoption process and guidelines. (Para 3 , 4)
3. availability of children vs. waiting parents. (Para 5 , 6)
4. court's viewpoint on timelines and clarity. (Para 7 , 8)
5. final orders and directions in the writ petition. (Para 9)

ORDER

This writ petition has been filed for the issue of a writ of mandamus directing the 1st respondent to take immediate steps in assigning a child to the petitioner according to her seniority rank.

2.When this writ petition came up for hearing on 10.07.2025, this Court passed the following order:

When the matter was taken up for hearing today, learned Special Government Pleader appearing on behalf of respondents 2 to 4 produced the written instructions received from the respondents 2 to 4 and the relevant portions are extracted hereunder:

"2. At the outset, it is submitted that the Directorate of Children Welfare and Special Services is entrusted with the implementation of Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act , 2015 (JJ Act) in Tamil Nadu. The Department caters to the needs of two different categories of children, namely, 'children in need of car

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