Thalapathi, S/O.V.Sekar v. The Chairman,

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 17.08.2017 CORAM :

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE T.RAJA W.P.(MD)No.14437 of 2017 and W.M.P.(MD)No.11303 of 2017 Thalapathi ... Petitioner Vs.

1.The Chairman, Tamil Nadu Uniformed Services Recruitment Board, Old Commissioner of Police Office Campus, Pantheon Road, Egmore, Chennai-600 008.

2.The Chairman, Recruitment Sub-Committee, Madurai Centre &, Deputy Inspector General of Police, Madurai Range, Madurai.

... Respondents PRAYER: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying for issuance of a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, to call for the records pertaining to the impugned order dated 31.07.2017 in C.No.R2/150/2017 passed by the second respondent and quash the same as illegal and consequently direct the respondents to conduct a fresh physical measurement test for the petitioner (Enrolment Number.2423955) for the Post of Grade-II constable, Grade II Jail Warders and Firemen in the Tamil Nadu Uniformed Services Recruitment Board 2017.

For Petitioner : Mr.R.Venkatesan For Respondents : Mr.B.Pugazhendhi Additional Advocate General Assisted by Mr.A.K.Baskara Pandian, Special Government Pleader.

O R D E R

*********** By consent of both sides, this writ petition itself is taken up for final disposal.

2.The petitioner, having passed S.S.L.C, applied for the post of Grade - II Police Constables / Grade-II Jail Warders / Fireman - 2017, when applications were called for by the respondent Police Department. Subsequently, after passing the written examination, the petitioner was called for for the Physical Endurance Test. https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/

3.Now, the grievance of the petitioner appears to be that the respondents have not measured the height of the petitioner properly. As a result, he has been found disqualified. 4.In view thereof, when the matter was earlier listed before this Court, this Court directed the respondents to produce the video recordings taken at the time of measurement. 5.As per the said direction, the learned Additional Advocate General appearing for the respondent Police Department produced the video recordings and the same was played before me in the presence of the learned counsel on either side and also the petitioner.

6.A perusal of the same would go to show that while recording manually, the height of the petitioner was found to be 169.1 c.m., and during digital measurement the petitioner was found to be 169.3 c.m., which are less than that of the actual level for being qualified. Hence, this Court is unable to find any infirmity in the impugned proceedings since, the petitioner is rightly found disqualified by the respondent Police Department. 7.The Writ Petition is dismissed. No costs. Consequently, the connected Miscellaneous Petition is closed. Sd/- Assistant Registrar(C.O) /True Copy/ Sub-Assistant Registrar To 1.The Chairman, Tamil Nadu Uniformed Services Recruitment Board, Old Commissioner of Police Office Campus, Pantheon Road, Egmore, Chennai-600 008.

2.The Chairman, Recruitment Sub-Committee, Madurai Centre &, Deputy Inspector General of Police, Madurai Range, Madurai.

+One cc to M/s.R.Venkatesan, Advocate, SR.No.72983 +One cc to The Special Government Pleader, SR.No.73329 MR/PSD RL/5C/2P/KP/SAR3/11/9/2017 https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ W.P.(MD)No.14437 of 2017 17.08.2017