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W.P.No.23088 of 2019

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

Reserved on : 15.12.2025

Pronounced on : 19.12.2025

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.VINOD KUMAR

W.P.No.23088 of 2019

M.Arulkumar ... Petitioner

vs

1. Tamil Nadu Uniformed Services

Recruitment Board,

Represented by its Chairman (DGP),

Old Commissioner of Police Campus,

Pantheon Road,

Egmore, Chennai – 600 008.

2. The Superintendent of Police,

Office of the Superintendent of Police,

Vellore District. … Respondents

Prayer: Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India,

praying to issue a Writ of Certiorari, to call for the records relating to the order

passed by the second respondent made in Na.Ka.No.A2(3)/49777/2012 dated

03.01.2013 and Na.Na.No.A2(3)261/25505/2019 dated 16.07.2019 dismissing the

candidature of the petitioner and quash the same and further directing the

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respondents to consider the claim of the petitioner for appointment for the post of

Gr.II-PC, Jail Warden, Firemen in the Common Recruitment 2012 and pass orders.

For Petitioner : Ms.Rayeesha Fathima

for Mr.V.M.Venkataraman

For Respondents : Mrs.V.Yamunadevi

Special Government Pleader

O R D E R

Heard the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner, the learned Special

Government Pleader for the respondents and perused the records.

2. The case of the petitioner, in brief is that, he had applied to the post of

Grade – II Police Constable, Jail Warden and Fireman, pursuant to the common

Recruitment – 2012 notification issued by the first respondent, as having required

educational qualification of S.S.L.C pass; that on submitting the application form,

he was allotted Enrolment No.0609657; and that he had appeared in the written

examination and successfully cleared the same.

3. The Petitioner further contended that on successfully clearing the written

examination, he was called for Physical Measurement Test (PMT) which was held

on 28.08.2012, which was also cleared by him.

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4. It is the further case of the petitioner that while he was awaiting to receive

a letter of appointment, he was served with the order/proceedings dated 03.01.2013

of the second respondent, rejecting his candidature to the above recruitment, citing

a false criminal case in PRC.No.14 of 2012 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate

Court – I, Vellore, which was subsequently committed to the Sessions Judge in

S.C.No.92 of 2012, wherein, the Court had recorded the honourary acquittal.

5. Petitioner further contended that the second respondent passed the

impugned order dated 03.01.2013, without going into the merits of the PRC, which

was later committed to the Sessions Judge; and that if only the second respondent

had considered the merits of the case, falsity of the case registered against the

petitioner, would have been noticed.

6. It is the further contention of the petitioner that on securing honourary

acquittal from the Sessions Court on 10.03.2014, he had approached the second

respondent authority and submitted a representation dated 08.07.2019, to consider

his candidature for appointment to the post of Grade- II Police Constable under the

common recruitment notification - 2012; and that the second respondent, without

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noticing the honourary acquittal secured by him in PRC/SC, once again, by the

order dated 16.07.2019, rejected his candidature, citing the same reason as

specified in the proceeding/order dated 03.01.2013, which action of the

respondents it is contended as highly illegal and arbitrary.

7. Though the respondents did not file any counter affidavit, the learned

Special Government Pleader appearing on behalf of the respondents submitted that

since, the petitioner had applied to the post of Grade – II Police Constable which is

governed by