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2026 Supreme(Online)(Mad) 20519

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
P.T. Asha, J
K.Manickam – Appellant
Versus
The Deputy Superintendent Of Police Vigilance And Anti – Corruption, Perambalur District. – Respondent
Writ Petition



Important Points

The court upheld the principle that a case becomes infructuous when there is no surviving issue for consideration.

Subject

Administrative Law - Writ Jurisdiction

Headnote

The Writ Petition was filed under Article 226 of the Constitution challenging the legality of an order passed by the 3rd Respondent. The petitioner contended that the order was illegal and sought to quash it and obtain certain documents. The court found that the matter had become infructuous based on the petitioner's counsel's endorsement. The court dismissed the Writ Petition as infructuous.

Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Ms.K. Varsha
For the Respondents: Mr.R.V.Dinesh Rajkumar, AGP For R1, Mr. K. Purushothaman For R2 & R3

Table of Content
1. challenge to legality of order (Para 1)
2. petitioner admits matter is infructuous (Para 2)

PRAYER : Writ Petition has been filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India praying to issue a writ of certiorarified mandamus to call for the records pertaining to the impugned order passed by the 3rd Respondent bearing Ku. Aa No 37 / Ni. Bi / U.1 / Ko. O Na / 2023 dated 20.04.2023 is illegal and quash the same and subsequently direct the 3rd respondent to furnish the Charge memo and other document to the petitioner.

For Petitioner(s): Ms.K. Varsha For Respondent(s): Mr.R.V.Dinesh Rajkumar, AGP For R1 Mr. K. Purushothaman For R2 & R3

ORDER

The petition has been filed to call for the records pertaining to the impugned order passed by the 3rd Respondent bearing Ku. Aa No 37 / Ni. Bi / U.1 / Ko. O Na / 2023 dated 20.04.2023 is illegal and quash the same and subsequently direct the 3rd respondent to furnish the Charge memo and other document to the petitioner.

2. When the matter was taken up for hearing today, the learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that nothing survives for consideration of this Court in this Writ Petition and therefore, the matter has become infructuous and also made an endorsement to that effect. 3. In view of the above submission and endorsement made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, this Writ petition is dismissed as infructuous.

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