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2026 Supreme(Online)(Mad) 19557

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
KRISHNAN RAMASAMY, J
J.Yosuvakanamani Raj – Appellant
Versus
Post Master General General Post Office – Respondent
Writ Petition



Important Points

The Court affirms the obligation of public authorities to respond and resolve representations made by petitioners in a timely manner.

Subject

Administrative Law - Writ Jurisdiction

Headnote

This judgment concerns the issue of a Writ Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution to compel the Respondents to address the petitioner's representations dated 23.01.2020. The Court found that the petitioner's claim had not been resolved, thus directing the Respondents to act within specified timeframes. The main issue considered was whether the Respondents had indeed disposed of the representation. The Court ultimately orders that if unresolved, it must be handled within 8 weeks; otherwise, a decision must be communicated in 2 weeks.

Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Mr.A.Lakshmi Narasimhan
For the Respondents: Mr.S.Janarthanam Spc

Table of Content
1. court's direction for timely response to petitions. (Para 1 , 2)
2. final order disposing of the writ petition. (Para 4)

ORDER

This writ petition has been filed to direct the 1st and 2nd respondents to consider and dispose the written representations dated 23.01.2020 made by the petitioner.

2. When this matter was taken up for hearing, the learned counsel for the respondent would submit that the petitioner's representation was already disposed of by the respondents. However, according to the petitioner, the said representation was not at all disposed of by the respondent till date.

3. In view of the above, this Court passes the following order:

i) if the petitioner's representation is not yet disposed of by the 2nd respondent, the same shall be disposed of within a period of 8 weeks from the date of the receipt of a copy of this order.

ii) if the petitioner's representation was already disposed of, a copy of the order passed by the 2nd respondent shall be served on the petitioner within a period of 2 weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.

4. With the above directions, this writ petition is disposed of. No cost.

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