M/S Pattali Makkal Katchi v. The Election Commission Of India,
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 27.02.2026 CORAM :
THE HONOURABLE MR. MANINDRA MOHAN SHRIVASTAVA, CHIEF JUSTICE AND THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE G.ARUL MURUGAN and W.M.P.Nos.3848 and 8108 of 2026 M/s Pattali Makkal Katchi Rep. by its Founder and present President Dr.S.Ramadoss, A registered and Unrecognized Political Party, No.63, Nattu Muthu Naickan Street, Vanniyar Teynampet, Chennai.
Petitioner Vs 1.The Election Commission of India, Election Commission, Nirvachan Bhavan, Ashoka Road, New Delhi.
2.The Chief Electoral Officer, Secretariat, Fort St. George, Chennai-9 Respondents PRAYER : Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking issuance of a writ of certiorarified mandamus calling for the records relating to the impugned order No.56/21/2024/PPS-II, dated
30.07.2025 by the 1st respondent and quash the same as legal and arbitrary and consequently direct the 1st respondent issue a fresh communication of the allotment of "Mango" symbol to the Pattali Makkal Katchi having address at 63, Natumuthu, Naikan Street, Chennai as the petitioner Dr.S.Ramadoss being the present President is legally entitled for the allotment of symbol for contesting in the general assembly elections of Tamilnadu and Puducherry. For Petitioner:
Dr.K.Arul For Respondents:
Mr.Niranjan Rajagopalan for R1
ORDER
(Order of the Court was made by the Hon'ble Chief Justice) In view of the statement that the petitioner has already approached the Civil Court seeking appropriate reliefs, learned counsel for the petitioner intends to withdraw the writ petition.
2. The writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn. There shall be no order as to costs. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petitions are closed.
(MANINDRA MOHAN SHRIVASTAVA, CJ) (G.ARUL MURUGAN,J) 27.02.2026 Index :
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To:
1.The Election Commission of India, Election Commission, Nirvachan Bhavan, Ashoka Road, New Delhi.
2.The Chief Electoral Officer, Secretariat, Fort St. George, Chennai-9
THE HON'BLE CHIEF JUSTICE AND G.ARUL MURUGAN, J.
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