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2026 Supreme(Online)(Mad) 86302
BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT
M. Dhandapani, N. Dilip Kumar, JJ
S. Baskarasethupathy – Appellant
Versus
A. Kannan – Respondent
W.P.(MD)No.18536 of 2022
For the Appellants/Petitioners: S. Srikanth
For the Respondents: R.J. Karthick, S. Selvakumar
The court permitted the withdrawal of a writ petition challenging a State Human Rights Commission order, granting the petitioner liberty to seek alternative remedies under Section 200 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.
Headnote:(A) Writ Jurisdiction - Withdrawal of Petition - Petitioner seeking to withdraw the writ petition filed against the order of the State Human Rights Commission; petition dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to pursue other legal remedies. (Para 2)
Issues: Whether the petitioner is entitled to withdraw the writ petition with liberty to seek other remedies.
Prayer:This petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, calling for the records from the State Human Rights Commission, Chennai in the proceedings of reference in S.H.R.C. Case Nos.7756 and 11118 of 2019 and set aside the order dated 02.05.2022 and consequently direct the State Human Rights Commission to re-open the case and to provide opportunity to the petitioner to cross examine the author of the compact disk (2 in number) and also the author of the case diary docket sheet of crime No.83 of 2019 on the file of Ayyapuram Police Station and to pass freshjudgement in S.H.R.C. Case Nos.7756 and 11118 of 2019.
ORDER
(Order of the Court was made by M.DHANDAPANI.J.)
When the matter was taken up for hearing, the learned counselappearing for the petitioner seeks permission of this Court to withdraw this writ petition and he has also made an endorsement to that effect in the Court bundle.
2. In view of the above, this writ petition stands dismissed aswithdrawn. No costs. Liberty is granted to the petitioner to file an appropriate application under Section 200 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 andwork out his remedy in the manner known to law.
