Dr.M.Saravanakumar, v. The Registrar,

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 07.12.2022

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE M.S.RAMESH and W.M.P.Nos.30450 & 30451 of 2017 Dr. M. Saravanakumar ... Petitioner Vs.

The Registrar, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore - 641 003.

... Respondent Prayer : Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, calling for the records relating to notification dated 27.09.2017 in advertisement No.R3/21497/2017 and dated 29.09.2017 in advertisement No.R3/21498 (Regular vacancies)/2017, in their website "www.tnau.ac.in" on the file of the respondent herein and to quash the same and to direct the respondent to adhere to the selection process of by maintaining roster system taking each department as individual unit for each cadre (Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Professor) and not pooling each cadre for the whole university together, in accordance with the Orders of this Court in W.P.No.26769 of 2013, within a time frame as may be fixed by this Court. 1/4

For Petitioner : Mr.P. Raja For Respondent : Mr.Abdul Saleem

ORDER

The learned counsel appearing for the respondent would submit that the impugned notification dated 27.09.2017 has already been withdrawn. As such, the prayer sought for in the present Writ Petition has become infructuous.

2. Recording the submission of the learned counsel for the respondent, the Writ Petition stands closed. No costs. Connected miscellaneous petitions are closed.

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To The Registrar, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore - 641 003.

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M.S.RAMESH,J.

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