M.Manoj, v. The Member Secretary,
BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 21.08.2017 CORAM :
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE T.RAJA W.P.(MD)No.15318 of 2017 and W.M.P.(MD)Nos.12132 to 12134 of 2017 M.M.Manoj ... Petitioner Vs.
1. The Member Secretary, Tamil Nadu Uniformed Services Recruitment Board, Old Commissioner of Police Office Campus, Pantheon Road, Egmore, Chennai -8.
3. 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, issue a writ of Certiorarified mandamus direction, to call for the records of the second respondent in his proceedings in C.No.R2/150/2017 dated 29.07.2017 and to quash the same consequently directing the second respondent to re-measure the height of the petitioner and appoint the petitioner as Grade II Police constable within a time frame that may be stipulated by this Hon'ble Court.
For Petitioner : Mr.D.Ramesh Kumar For Respondents : B.Pugalendhi Additional Advocate General Assisted by Mr.A.K.Baskara Pandian Special Government Pleader
O R D E R
By consent of both parties, 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 / Grad-II Jail Warders / Fireman - 2017, when applications were called for by the respondent Police Department. Subsequently, after passing the written examination, https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/
the petitioner was called for for the Physical Endurance Test. 3.Now, the grievance of the petitioner appears to be that the respondents have not measured his height 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 the petitione was measured both manually and digitally and his height is found to be 169.3 cm as against the requisite height of 170 cm for being qualified. Therefore, the petitioner is rightly found disqualified by the respondent Police Department.
7.Accordingly, this Writ Petition stands dismissed. No costs. Consequently, the connected Miscellaneous Petitions are closed. Sd/- Assistant Registrar(AD-II) /True copy/ Sub Assistant Registrar To
1. The Member Secretary, Tamil Nadu Uniformed Services Recruitment Board, Old Commissioner of Police Office Campus, Pantheon Road, Egmore, Chennai -8.
3. The Chairman, Recruitment Sub Committee, Madurai Centre & Deputy Inspector General of Police, Madurai Range, Madurai.
+1 cc to The Special Government Pleader in SR.No.74207 dsk AE/MR KKR/SAR2/14.09.2017/2P/4C W.P.(MD)No.15318 of 2017 21.08.2017 https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/