M.Balamurugan, v. The Commissioner,

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 01.07.2021

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE T.S.SIVAGNANAM AND THE HONOURABLE MRS.JUSTICE S.ANANTHI and CMP(MD).No.2667 of 2018 M.Balamurugan ... Appellant/Petitioner Vs.

1. The Commissioner, Madurai City Corporation,

2. The Commissioner of Municipal Administration, Chepauk, Chennai.

3. The Secretary to Government, Municipal Administrative and Water Supply Department, St.George Fort, Chennai.

4. T.Suresh Kumar, Assistant Engineer, Madurai City Municipal Corporation,

5. M.Muneer Ahmed, Assistant Engineer, Madurai City Municipal Corporation,

6. M.P.Manoharan, Assistant Engineer, Madurai City Municipal Corporation,

7. M.Kamaraj, Assistant Engineer, Madurai City Municipal Corporation, 1/3

8. J.Mallika, Assistant Engineer, Madurai City Municipal Corporation,

9. S.Kulanthaivel, Assistant Engineer, Madurai City Municipal Corporation,

10. R.Alexandar, Assistant Engineer, Madurai City Municipal Corporation, ... Respondents/Respondents Prayer: Writ Appeal filed under Clause 15 of Letters Patent, against the order of this Court made in W.P.(MD) No.5883 of 2014, dated 24.09.2014.

Prayer in WP(MD). 5883/ 2014 :

Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying this Court To issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, calling for the records relating to the proceedings of the impugned order in Ma.Ni.1/1618/2014 dated 15.02.2014 on the file of the 1st Respondent and quash the same and further directing the Respondents to place the petitioner above Respondents 4 to 10 in the panel to the post of Assistant Executive Engineer and pass such further or other orders. For Appellant : Mr.G.Prabhu Rajadurai For Respondents : Mr.R.Baskaran Standing Counsel for Government for R3 Mr.R.Murali for R1, Mr.B.Saravanan for R5 & R6, R7& R 10 Mr. S.VISVALINGAM for R4 & R8

J U D G M E N T

[Judgment of the Court was delivered by T.S.SIVAGNANAM,J.] Heard Mr.G.PRabhu Rajadurai, learned counsel appearing for the appellant and Mr.R.Baskaran, learned Government Counsel appearing for the third respondent.

2. The learned counsel appearing for the appellant submitted that in the light of the observations and findings contained in paragraph No.15 of the impugned order, the appellant is satisfied with the order passed in the writ petition and does not propose to prosecute this appeal.

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3. Recording the said submission, this Writ Appeal stands dismissed as withdrawn. No costs. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petition is closed.

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To

1. The Commissioner, Madurai City Corporation,

2. The Commissioner of Municipal Administration, Chepauk, Chennai.

3. The Secretary to Government, Municipal Administrative and Water Supply Department, St.George Fort, Chennai.

+1 CC to M/s.R.MURALI, Advocate ( SR-20791[F] dated 01/07/2021 ) +1 CC to M/s.G.PRABHU RAJADURAI, Advocate ( SR-20979[F] dated 02/07/2021 ) +1 CC to M/s.B.SARAVANAN, Advocate ( SR-20789[F] dated 01/07/2021 ) +1 CC to M/s.S.VISVALINGAM, Advocate ( SR-20939[F] dated 02/07/2021 ) +1 CC to M/s.SPL GP ( SR-21064[F] dated 02/07/2021 ) 01.07.2021 SSS(CO) KB(13.07.2021) 3P 9C 3/3