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2026 Supreme(Online)(Mad) 84052
BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT
M Dhandapani, N Dilip Kumar, JJ
Bar Association Oddanchatram – Appellant
Versus
Secretary to Government, Home (Transport-IV) Department – Respondent
W.P(MD)No.26387 of 2022
For the Appellants/Petitioners: S. Rajasekar
For the Respondents: M. Mahaboob Athiff, T.S. Mohamed Mohideen
A writ petition is dismissed as infructuous when the petitioner submits that the prayer sought has become redundant or has already been satisfied, leaving nothing further for the court to adjudicate.
Headnote:(A) Writ Jurisdiction - Mandamus - Prayer becoming infructuous - Where the petitioner concedes that the relief sought has already been addressed or is no longer required, the petition is dismissed as infructuous.
Issues: Whether the writ petition for the constitution of a Motor Accident Claims Tribunal had survived for adjudication.
PRAYER :
Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of a Writ of Mandamus , directing the Respondents No.1 and 2 to Constitute Motor Accident Claims Tribunal by granting powers of trail to the functioning Sub Court at Oddanchatram, Dindigul District within the time period stipulated by this Hon'ble court.
O R D E R
(Order of the Court was made by M.DHANDAPANI, J.)
When the matter came up for hearing, the learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the prayer sought for in this writ petition has become infructuous and therefore, nothing further survives for adjudication in the present writ petition.
2. Recording the said submission, this writ petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. No costs.
