M.Gajendran, v. The General Manager,
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED : 25-10-2021
CORAM
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE S.M.SUBRAMANIAM WP NO.3915 OF 2012 AND MP NOS.1, 2 AND 3 OF 2012 1.M.Gajendran 2.R.Thirukumaran 3.D.Pandian 4.P.Rajan 5.R.Murugan 6.R.Thirumalai
...Petitioners
vs.
1. The General Manager, Southern Railways, Park Town, Chennai - 600 003.
2. The Executive Director (Reservation), Rail Bavan, New Delhi - 110 001.
3. The Senior Personnel Officer, Reservation, Southern Railways, Park Town, Chennai - 600 003.
4. The Senior Divisional Personal Officer, Southern Railways, Park Town, Chennai - 600 003.
5. All India SC/ST Railway Employees Association, Represented by General Secretary, 171 B, Besant Lane, New Delhi.
6. A.Gnanasekaran
7. P.E.Sekaran
8. V.James
9. Ravindranath
...Respondents
Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying for the issuance of a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, calling for the records of the fourth respondent in their impugned Nomination List of Office Bearers in M/P.171/OB/BEC/AI SC/ST REA/2011 dated 23.12.2011 and quash the same and consequently direct the fifth respondent to conduct the election as per bye-laws of the All India SC/ST Railway Employees Association.
For Petitioners : Ms.R.Maheshwari For Respondents-1 to 4 : Mr.P.T.Ramkumar For Respondents-5 to 9 : Mr.S.Vijayakumar
ORDER
The impugned Notification dated 23.12.2011 stipulates that the tenure of the Office Bearers is valid for one year form the date of issue or till next advise from the South Zone Executive Committee.
2. The Notification impugned was passed in the year 2011 and the writ petition was filed in the year 2012. Thus, the tenure itself got expired and hence, no further adjudication is required in the present writ petition.
3. Accordingly, the writ petition stands disposed of. However, there shall be no order as to costs. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petitions are closed. Sd/- Assistant Registrar(CS-VII) // True Copy // Sub Assistant Registrar Svn To
1. The General Manager, Southern Railways, Park Town, Chennai - 600 003.
2. The Executive Director (Reservation), Rail Bavan, New Delhi - 110 001.
3. The Senior Personnel Officer, Reservation, Southern Railways, Park Town, Chennai - 600 003.
4. The Senior Divisional Personal Officer, Southern Railways, Park Town, Chennai - 600 003.
+1cc to Mr.P.T.Ramkumar, Advocate, S.R.No.55138 W.P.No.3915 of 2012 KV(CO) RLP(02/11/2021)