Mookkandi Mohan Raja v. The Commissioner

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 07.11.2025

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.KUMARESH BABU Mookkandi Mohan Raja ... Petitioner /vs./ 1.The Commissioner, The Commissioner of Transport Office, Chennai.

2.The Deputy Transport Commissioner, Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (Tirunelveli) Limited, Tirunelveli.

3.Sakthivel ... Respondents PRAYER: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of Writ of Mandamus, directing the 1st and 2nd Respondents to take necessary departmental action against the 3rd respondent as per the representation made by the petitioner on 14.10.2024.

For Petitioner : No appearance For R1 & R2 : Mrs.P.B.Ahamed Yashmin Parvin Government Advocate 1/4

For R3 : Mr.N.S.Karthikeyan

ORDER

When the matter was taken up for hearing on 04.11.2025, there was no representation on the side of the petitioner and the matter was posted to 07.11.2025 under the caption ''For Dismissal''. 2.Today, in spite of the matter being listed under the caption "For Dismissal", there is no representation for the petitioner. In such circumstances, this Court is left with no other option except to dismiss the Writ Petition for non-prosecution, since the Writ Petition is also not maintainable, in the light of the judgment of the Honb'le Apex Court in the case of Ranjith Prasad Vs. Union of India (UoI) and Ors., reported in AIR 2000 SC 3469. 3.Accordingly, this Writ Petition is dismissed for non prosecution. No costs.

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To 1.The Commissioner, The Commissioner of Transport Office, Chennai.

2.The Deputy Transport Commissioner, Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (Tirunelveli) Limited, Tirunelveli.

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K.KUMARESH BABU, J.

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