S.Arumugam, v. The Govt., Of Tamilnadu,

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 01.11.2018 CORAM :

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE T.RAJA AND THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE KRISHNAN RAMASAMY W.P(MD)No.22354 of 2018 S.Arumugam ... Petitioner vs.

1.

Government of Tamil Nadu, Rep. By its Secretary Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Department, Fort St. George,Chennai 2.

The District Collector, Tirunelveli District, Tirunelveli.

3.

The Revenue Divisional Officer, Tenkasi Tirunelveli District.

... Respondents Prayer : Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, for issuance of Writ of Mandamus to direct the 2nd respondent to dispose of the petitioner appeal dated 23.12.2015 pending in respect of issuance of Hindu Malaikuravan Community Certificate for the school going children, namely, (1) A.Suresh and (2) A.Shanthi within a stipulated time that may be fixed by this Court.

For Petitioner :

Mr.P.Saravanakumar for Mr.M.Veilkaniraju For Respondents :

Mr.C.Ramar Additional Government Pleader

O R D E R

(Order of the Court was made by T.RAJA, J.) The petitioner has filed the present writ petition for a direction to the 2nd respondent to dispose of the petitioner's appeal dated 23.12.2015. In and by the said appeal, the petitioner sought for issuance of Hindu Malaikuravan Community Certificate https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/

for his school going children, namely, (1) A.Suresh and (2) A.Shanthi, on the basis of the community certificate issued in favour of his family members.

2.Learned counsel for the petitioner, referring to an order passed by this Court dated 13.06.2015 in W.P.(MD) No.6909/2015, submitted that this Court, while appreciating the G.O. determining the time limit for dispose of the appeal, granted only 30 days time.

3.With reference to the time limit, we are satisfied that the appeal filed by the petitioner is pending from December 2015 and therefore, putting on notice the learned Additional Government Pleader, we direct the second respondent to consider the petitioner's appeal on merits within a period of 30 days from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.

4.With the above direction, this writ petition is disposed of. No costs.

Sd/- Assistant Registrar (Crl.Side) // True Copy // Sub Assistant Registrar(CS-I) To 1.

The Secretary Government of Tamil Nadu, Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Department, Fort St. George,Chennai 2.

The District Collector, Tirunelveli District, Tirunelveli.

3.

The Revenue Divisional Officer, Tenkasi Tirunelveli District.

+1cc to Special Government Pleader Sr.No.94257. +1cc to Mr.M.Veilkani Raju, Advocate, Sr.No.94326. W.P(MD)No.22354 of 2018 01.11.2018 RR https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ RAM-NM/SKN/SAR 1/04.12.2018/2P/6C