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Madras High CourtWP(MD)/12616/2019dismissed as infructuous

K.Muthu Mano Ranjani, v. The Union Of India,

2020-07-23Honourable Mr Justice D. Krishnakumar4 pages

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 23.07.2020

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE D.KRISHNAKUMAR W.P.(MD)No.12616 of 2019 and W.M.P(MD)Nos.9376 & 9377 of 2019 and 7413 of 2020 K.Muthu Mano Ranjani ... Petitioner Vs.

1.The Union of India, Rep. By the Secretary, Department of Social Justice and Empowerment, Room No.604, A-Wing, Sasthiri Bhavan, New Delhi - 110 001.

2.The Ministry of Tribal Welfare, Sasthiri Bhavan, New Delhi - 110 001.

3.The State of Tamil Nadu, Department of Finance, 4.The Higher Education Department, Secretariat, Fort St. George, Chennai - 09.

5.The Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Department, Fort St. George, Chennai - 09.

6.The Director, Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Department, Secretariat, Chennai.

7.RVS College of Engineering and Technology, RVS Nagar, Dindigul District.

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8.R.Hariharan ... Respondents (R8 impleaded vide Court Order dated 20.07.2020 in WMP(MD)No.7165 of 2020) PRAYER:- Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying for the issuance of a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, to call for the records pertaining to the impugned order in G.O.Ms.Nos.51 and 52 dated 11.08.2017 on the file of the fifth respondent and quash the same as illegal and consequently direct the respondents 1 to 6 to pay the post metric scholarship for the year 2017-2018 to the petitioner within the time frame stipulated by this Court.

For Petitioner : Mr.T.Lajapathi Roy For RR 1 & 2 : Mr.R.Senthil Kumar, Central Government Standing Counsel.

For RR 3 to 6 : Mr.R.Sethuraman, Special Government Pleader.

For R - 8 : Mr.Muthumani Doraisamy

ORDER

The petitioner has filed the present Writ Petition to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, to quash the impugned order in G.O.Ms.Nos.51 and 52 dated 11.08.2017 passed by the fifth respondent and consequently, to direct the respondents 1 to 6 to pay the post metric scholarship for the year 2017-2018 to the petitioner within the time frame stipulated by this Court.

2.When the matter is taken up for hearing today, the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submitted before this Court that the Government has passed G.O.Ms.No.56, dated 22.04.2020, wherein the Government has considered and sanctioned the scholarship for the year 2017-2018 and further submitted that in view of the subsequent G.O passed by the Government, nothing survives for adjudication in the matter.

3.The learned Central Standing Counsel appearing for the respondents 1 and 2, Mr.R.Sethuraman, learned counsel appearing for the respondents 3 to 6 and the learned counsel appearing for the eighth respondent have also conceded to dispose of the Writ Petition by recording the submission of the learned counsel appearing for the 2/4

petitioner.

4.Recording the submission made by the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner, in the light of G.O.Ms.No.56, dated 22.04.2020, no further adjudication is required in the Writ Petition and the same is dismissed as infructuous. It is made clear that in view of the order passed in the Writ Petition, there is no bar for the concerned respondent to disburse the scholarship to the petitioner and the same shall be disbursed at an earlier stage. No costs. Consequently, connected Miscellaneous Petitions are closed. Sd/- Assistant Registrar (CS II) // True Copy // / /2020 Sub Assistant Registrar(CS) Note:- In view of the present lock down owing to COVID - 19 pandemic, a web copy of the order may be utilized for official purposes, but, ensuring that the copy of the order that is presented is the correct copy, shall be the responsibility of the advocate / litigant concerned. To 1.The Secretary, The Union of India, Department of Social Justice and Empowerment, Room No.604, A-Wing, Sasthiri Bhavan, New Delhi - 110 001.

2.The Ministry of Tribal Welfare, Sasthiri Bhavan, New Delhi - 110 001.

3.The State of Tamil Nadu, Department of Finance, 4.The Higher Education Department, Secretariat, Fort St. George, Chennai - 09.

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5.The Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Department, 6.The Director, Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Department, Secretariat, Chennai.

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