T. Kannan v. Agricultural Production Commissioner and Secretary to the Government, Department of Agriculture, Fort St. George, Chennai
2024-08-30
ABDUL QUDDHOSE
body2024
DigiLaw.ai
ORDER : PRAYER: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying for a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, to call for the records pertaining to the impugned seniority list in the post of Assistant Engineer signed on 10.04.2017, on the file of the second respondent and quash the same as illegal and consequently to direct the respondents 1 and 2 to prepare the seniority of the petitioners in the post of Assistant Engineers, taking the date of initial appointment as regularized vide the G.O.Ms.No.94, Agriculture (Ve.Ni.3) Department, dated 26.05.2012 and accordingly promote the petitioners as the Assistant Executive Engineers within the time stipulated by this Court. It is brought to the notice of this Court by learned Additional Government Pleader for the official respondents that subsequent to the filing of this Writ Petition, promotion has been given to the petitioner and therefore, nothing survives for adjudication in this Writ Petition. 2.The petitioner has challenged the seniority panel in this writ petition. The Writ Petition was filed in the year 2017. Learned Counsel for the petitioner also admits that promotion was given to the petitioner subsequent to the filing of this Writ Petition. In view of the same, nothing survives for further adjudication in this Writ Petition. 3.Accordingly, this Writ Petition stands dismissed as infructuous. There shall be no order as to costs. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petitions are closed.