C.Selvakumar v. The Deputy General Manager,

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 21.08.2025

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE B.PUGALENDHI C.Selvakumar ... Petitioner Vs.

1.The Deputy General Manager, Cyber Crimes IRCTC, IRCTC Corporate Office, 4th Floor, World Trade Centre, Naoroji Nagar, New Delhi-110029.

2.The Tamil Nadu Nodal Officer, National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal, Cyber Crime Wing, Police Training Complex, Ashok Nagar, Chennai-600 083.

3.The Inspector of Police, Madurai City Cyber Crime Police Station, Madurai.

... Respondents Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the constitution of India, seeking for the issuance of Writ of Mandamus, to direct the 1/5

respondents to immediately block/halt the illegal usage of the petitioner's IRCTC user account "selvac2012" restore the same to the petitioner with his original email ID and mobile number, secure the Aadhaar-linked personal data and further direct the second and third respondents to take appropriate criminal action against the hacker based on the petitioner's complaint made to the second respondent dated 12.07.2025 and complaint made to the third respondent dated 15.07.2025 and CSR.No.1245/2025 dated 16.07.2025. For Petitioner : Mr.K.Kannan For Respondents : Mr.E.Antony Sahaya Prabahar, Additional Public Prosecutor.

ORDER

The petitioner has approached this Court with a grievance that his account has been hacked and tickets have been booked. 2.The learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondents submits that based on the complaint of the petitioner, an 2/5

enquiry has been initiated in CSR.No.1245 of 2025 and they have made request to the first respondent to furnish details about the allegations made by the petitioner.

3.The respondent Police can very well make a request to any other agency, only after registering a case. They are not supposed to conduct investigation, without registering the case. The respondent Police is expected to register the case and then, conduct investigation. Accordingly, this writ petition is closed. No costs. 21.08.2025 gns 3/5

To 1.The Deputy General Manager, Cyber Crimes IRCTC, IRCTC Corporate Office, 4th Floor, World Trade Centre, Naoroji Nagar, New Delhi-110029.

2.The Tamil Nadu Nodal Officer, National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal, Cyber Crime Wing, Police Training Complex, Ashok Nagar, Chennai-600 083.

3.The Inspector of Police, Madurai City Cyber Crime Police Station, Madurai.

5.The Additional Public Prosecutor, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai.

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B.PUGALENDHI, J.

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