P.Kandasamy v. The Registrar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 18.06.2026

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.VINOD KUMAR W.P.No s . 15230 & 15231 of 20 and M.P.Nos.2 & 2 of 2010 P.Kandasamy S/o. M.Palani 268/12, Udayam Colony, 18th Main Road, Anna Nagar West, Chennai - 600 040.

... Petitioner in W.P.No.15230/2010 Dr.E.Natarajan, S/o. A.Eranan, 2/698, V.O.C. Nagar, Sulakkaraimedu, Virudhunagar - 626 003.

... Petitioner in W.P.No.15231/2010 vs

1. The Registrar,

2. The Vice-Chancellor,

3. P.K.Padmanathan, 1/5

4. P.Kamaraj,

5. B.Suthakar,

6. R.Thiyagarajan,

7. G.Thiyagarajan, Assistant Professor, (Soil & Water Conservation),

8. P.Vijayakumary, Assistant Professor, (Bio-Energy), ... Respondents in both writ petitions Prayer in W.P.No.15230/2010 : Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, to call for the records of the first respondent relating to Advertisements No.R3/1/2008 dated 07.07.2008, 10.09.2008 and 02.09.2009 for selection to the posts of Assistant Professors both under Regular vacancies as well as Backlog vacancies in Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) in the faculty of Agricultural Engineering and quash the same and direct the respondents 1 and 2 to consider the petitioner for the post of Assistant Professor in the faculty of Agricultural Engineering and pass orders.

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Prayer in W.P.No.15231/2010: Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, to call for the records of the first respondent relating to Advertisements No.R3/1/2008 dated 07.07.2008, 10.09.2008 and 02.09.2009 for selection to the posts of Assistant Professors (Regular vacancies) in Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) and quash the same and direct the respondents 1 and 2 to consider the petitioner for the post of Assistant Professor in the faculty of Agricultural Engineering and pass orders. For Petitioner in both petitions : Mr.D.Praveen For Respondents in both petitions : Mr.S.Manikandan for R1 & R2 : Batta due for R3 to R8 C O M M O N O R D E R The learned counsel for the petitioner seeks permission of this Court to withdraw these petitions and also made an endorsement to that effect.

2. Recording the submission and endorsement made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, these writ petitions are dismissed as withdrawn. Consequently, connected Miscellaneous Petitions are closed. No costs. 18.06.2026 Speaking order / Non-speaking order Index : Yes / No : Yes / No dh 3/5

To

1. The Registrar,

2. The Vice-Chancellor,

3. P.K.Padmanathan,

4. P.Kamaraj,

5. B.Suthakar,

6. R.Thiyagarajan,

7. G.Thiyagarajan, Assistant Professor, (Soil & Water Conservation),

8. P.Vijayakumary, Assistant Professor, (Bio-Energy), 4/5

T. VINOD KUMAR , J.

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