Capt.Lakshmi Krishnakumar v. Union Of India

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 22.08.2022

CORAM:

THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ABDUL QUDDHOSE and WMP Nos.27070, 27069, 27799 of 2021, 9559, 9564 and 14262 of 2022 Capt. Lakshmi Krishnakumar Rep. By her Power of Attorney Capt. M.S. Krishna Kumar ... Petitioner

Versus

1. Union of India, Rep. By its Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation, Rajiv Gandhi Bhavan, Safdarjung Airport,

2. Air India Limited, Rep. Chairman and Managing Director, Airlines House, Guruduwara Rakabganj Road, New Delhi - 110 001.

3.Air India Limited, Executive Director of Operations

4. Air India Limited, Executive Director of Flight Safety 1/6

5. Central Training Establishment, Rep. By its Director of Training, (CRE) Ferozguda, Hyderabad - 500 011.

6. Air India Limited, General Manager, Operations Department, Meenambakkam, Chennai - 600 027.

7. The Director General Directorate General of Civil Aviation Aurobindo Marg.

Opp. Safdarjung Airport,

8. Harminderjit Singh, Manager Operation Department, Air India Ltd.

9. Capt. N. Shivaramakrishnan, No.45, Old No.22, Alamelumangapuram, Mylapore, Chennai - 600 004.

...

Respondents Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue Writ of Mandamus directing the 7th respondent to dispose the representation by the petitioner's e-mail dated 26-03-2021 and 08-07-2021 and letter dated 19-07-2021.

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For Petitioner : Party-in-Person Capt. M.S. Krishnakumar For Respondents : Mr.Sathish Rajan, CGSC for RR1 to 7 Mr.K.Srinivasamurthy for RR2 to 6 Mr.Manikandan for R9 No appearance - R8

ORDER

This writ petition has been filed for a Mandamus seeking for a direction to the 7th respondent to dispose of the petitioner's representation dated 26.03.2021, 08.07.2021 and 19.07.2021, within a time frame to be fixed by this Court.

2. The matter is listed under the caption "for dismissal", today. On the last hearing date i.e., on 10.08.2022, there was no representation on the side of the petitioner. This Court has also recorded the statement made by the respective learned counsels appearing for the respective respondents that the matter has now become infructuous, in view of the fact that the petitioner's representations referred to in the prayer column of the writ petition has already 3/6

been considered and orders passed and the same has also been communicated to the petitioner.

3.Today, the Party-in-Person, who is the Power of Attorney for the petitioner seeks for an adjournment on the ground that a Review Petition is pending before the First Bench of this Court pertaining to the orders passed in W.P. No.25513 of 2016. The prayer sought for in that writ petition and the prayer sought for in this writ petition are different, though they are connected to each other. Since, the representations have already been considered by the respondents, as seen from the Typed set of papers filed by the respondents on 25.03.2022, nothing survives for further adjudication in this writ petition and as rightly submitted by the learned counsel appearing for the respective respondents, this writ petition has now become infructuous. If at all, the petitioner is aggrieved by the orders passed by the respondents pursuant to the representations given by the petitioner, she will have to challenge the same in the manner known to her under law.

4. After recording the fact that the representations have already been considered and final orders have been passed by the respondents, this writ 4/6

petition is dismissed as infructuous. No costs. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petitions are closed.

22.08.2022 Note : Issue order copy on 23.08.2022 Index: Yes/No Speaking Order/Non-Speaking Order vsi2 To

1. The Secretary, Union of India, Ministry of Civil Aviation, Rajiv Gandhi Bhavan, Safdarjung Airport, 2.The Chairman and Managing Director, Airlines House, Guruduwara Rakabganj Road, New Delhi - 110 001.

3.The Executive Director of Operations 4.The Executive Director of Flight Safety 5/6

ABDUL QUDDHOSE, J.

vsi2 5.The Director of Training, Central Training Establishment, (CRE) Ferozguda, Hyderabad - 500 011.

6. The General Manager, Operations Department, Meenambakkam, Chennai - 600 027.

7. The Director General Directorate General of Civil Aviation Aurobindo Marg.

Opp. Safdarjung Airport, 22.08.2022 6/6