Madras High CourtWP(MD)/4642/2021dismissed as infructuous

Arumugasamy.P v. The Secretary To Govt.,

2025-09-02Honourable Mr Justice Abdul Quddhose5 pages

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 02.09.2025

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE ABDUL QUDDHOSE and W.M.P.(MD) Nos.3760 & 3761 of 2021 1.P.Arumugasamy 2.T.Sankar Murugan 3.Robert Singh 4.Senthil 5.S.K.Selvaraj 6.Sanathana Kumar 7.Chithra 8.Kannammal 9.Kumar 10.E.Dhayalan 11.Chandra Sekar 12.Dhana Sekaran

13.Bharath 14.Usha ... Petitioners -vs1.The Secretary to Government Health and Family Welfare Department Fort St.George, Secretariat, Chennai-09 2.The Director of Medical Education Kilpakam, Chennai-10 3.The Chairman Medical Service Recruitment Board 7th Floor, D.M.S.Complex 359-Annasalai, Teynampet, Chennai-06 ... Respondents PRAYER: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a writ of certiorarified mandamus to call for the records on the file of the 1st respondent pertaining to its G.O.Ms.No.304 dated 07.10.2015 specifying the qualification for direct recruitment to the post of Dark Room Assistant that is a pass in Higher Secondary Course with science subject (a) Physics, Chemistry, Botany and Zoology (or) (b) Physics, Chemistry, Biology and any one of the related subject (viz) Mathematics or Computer Science and to quash the same and consequently direct the respondents to include Higher Secondary with any subject and certificate of having successfully completed

the training course for dark room assistant of any institution recognised by the state Government (or) Government of India with regard to the petitioners within a time stipulated by this Court.

For Petitioners :

Mr.S.C.Herold Singh For Respondents :

Mr.A.Baskaran Additional Government Pleader for R1 & R2 Mr.V.Ramesh Standing Counsel for R3

O R D E R

Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the relief sought for in this writ petition has now become infructuous. He has also made an endorsement to that effect in the court bundle.

2. Accordingly, this writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. No costs. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petitions are closed. 02.09.2025 NCC :

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To:

1.The Secretary to Government, Health and Family Welfare Department, Fort St.George, Secretariat, Chennai-09.

2.The Director of Medical Education, Kilpakam, Chennai-10.

ABDUL QUDDHOSE, J.

krk and W.M.P.(MD) Nos.3760 & 3761 of 2021 02.09.2025