{"id":53209,"date":"2010-02-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-07T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/r-batkthavatchalam-vs-the-secretary-to-government-on-8-february-2010"},"modified":"2016-12-15T16:16:24","modified_gmt":"2016-12-15T10:46:24","slug":"r-batkthavatchalam-vs-the-secretary-to-government-on-8-february-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/r-batkthavatchalam-vs-the-secretary-to-government-on-8-february-2010","title":{"rendered":"R.Batkthavatchalam vs The Secretary To Government on 8 February, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Madras High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">R.Batkthavatchalam vs The Secretary To Government on 8 February, 2010<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS\n\nDated: 08.02.2010\n\nCORAM\n\nTHE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE R.SUDHAKAR\n\nWrit Petition No.34181 of 2006   \n\n\nR.Batkthavatchalam\t\t\t          ... Applicant\n\n\n\t\t\t      -Vs.-\n\n1. The Secretary to Government,\n    Home (Police III) Department,\n    Fort St. George,\n    Chennai  9.\n\n2. The Director General of Police,\n    Chennai  5.\n\n3. The Deputy Inspector General of Police,\n    Trichy Range.\n\n4. The Superintendent of Police,\n    Trichy and The Chairman,\n    Range Promotion Board,\n    Trichy.\t  \t\t\t        ... Respondents\n\nPrayer:   Original Application No.10089 of 1998 was filed before the Tamil Nadu Administrative Tribunal praying to call for the records  of the 2nd respondent in connection with the memorandum issued in Rc.No.154645\/NGB IV\/3\/98 dated 29.09.1998 and quash the same and further direct the respondents  to promote the applicant as Sub-Inspector of Police based on his feeder category seniority and grant to them all consequential service and monetary benefits.  Since the Tamil Nadu Administrative Tribunal was abolished, the O.A. was received by transfer and numbered as Writ Petition. \n\n\t\tFor petitioner             : Mr.M.Muthappan\n\t\tFor respondents         : Mr.S.Sivashanmugam\n\t\t\t\t        Government Advocate \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   \n                            -----                              \nO R D E R\n<\/pre>\n<p>\tLearned counsel for the petitioner made an endorsement praying to permit him to withdraw the writ petition as infructuous.  Permission is granted.  This Writ Petition is dismissed as withdrawn.<\/p>\n<pre>\n\n                                                                             08.02.2010\nIndex:    No.\nInternet:Yes \nts \t\t\t\nTo\n\n<\/pre>\n<p>1. The Secretary to Government,<br \/>\n    Home (Police III) Department,<br \/>\n    Fort St. George,<br \/>\n    Chennai  9.\n<\/p>\n<p>2. The Director General of Police,<br \/>\n    Chennai  5.\n<\/p>\n<p>3. The Deputy Inspector General of Police,<br \/>\n    Trichy Range.\n<\/p>\n<p>4. The Superintendent of Police,<br \/>\n    Trichy and The Chairman,<br \/>\n    Range Promotion Board,  Trichy.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t         R.SUDHAKAR,J.\n<\/p>\n<p>                                                                                 Order in<br \/>\n                                                         W.P.No.34181 of 2006<\/p>\n<p>08.02.2010   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madras High Court R.Batkthavatchalam vs The Secretary To Government on 8 February, 2010 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS Dated: 08.02.2010 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE R.SUDHAKAR Writ Petition No.34181 of 2006 R.Batkthavatchalam &#8230; Applicant -Vs.- 1. The Secretary to Government, Home (Police III) Department, Fort St. George, Chennai 9. 2. 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