{"id":64044,"date":"2011-06-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-14T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/s-raja-mohammed-vs-the-government-of-tamil-nadu-on-15-june-2011"},"modified":"2014-05-19T15:21:17","modified_gmt":"2014-05-19T09:51:17","slug":"s-raja-mohammed-vs-the-government-of-tamil-nadu-on-15-june-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/s-raja-mohammed-vs-the-government-of-tamil-nadu-on-15-june-2011","title":{"rendered":"S.Raja Mohammed vs The Government Of Tamil Nadu on 15 June, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Madras High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">S.Raja Mohammed vs The Government Of Tamil Nadu on 15 June, 2011<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS\n\nDATE:  15.06.2011\n\nCORAM\n\nTHE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE M.JAICHANDREN\n\nWrit Petition No.12656 of 2006\n\n\nS.Raja Mohammed\t\t\t\t\t\t.. Petitioner.\n\nVersus\n1.The Government of Tamil Nadu,\n   rep. By its Secretary to Government,\n   Municipal Administration and Water\n\tSupply Department,\n   Fort St. George, Chennai  9.\n\n2.The Commissioner of Municipal\n\t\tAdministration,\n   Chepauk, Chennai  5.\n\n3.The Commissioner,\n   Tiruchirappalli City Municipal\n\tCorporation,\n   Tiruchirappalli.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t.. Respondents.\n\nPrayer: Petition filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India seeking for a writ of mandamus, directing the first respondent to consider the petitioner to the post of City Engineer in the Tiruchirappalli City Municipal Corporation in accordance with the Service Rules.\n\n\t\tFor Petitioner\t  : R.Parthiban\n\n\t\tFor Respondents    : Mr.N.Sakthivel\n\t\t\t\t             Government Advocate (For R1 &amp; R2)\n\t\t\t\t\t  : Mr.P.Srinivas (For R3)\n\nO R D E R\n<\/pre>\n<p>\tToday, when this writ petition was taken up for hearing, the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner had submitted that the writ petition has become infructuous.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t2. Based on the submission made by the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner, this writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. No costs.\n<\/p>\n<p>cse<\/p>\n<p>To<\/p>\n<p>1.The Secretary to Government,<br \/>\n   Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department,<br \/>\n   Fort St. George, Chennai  9.\n<\/p>\n<p>2.The Commissioner of Municipal Administration,<br \/>\n   Chepauk, Chennai  5.\n<\/p>\n<p>3.The Commissioner,<br \/>\n   Tiruchirappalli City Municipal Corporation,<br \/>\n   Tiruchirappalli<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madras High Court S.Raja Mohammed vs The Government Of Tamil Nadu on 15 June, 2011 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATE: 15.06.2011 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE M.JAICHANDREN Writ Petition No.12656 of 2006 S.Raja Mohammed .. Petitioner. Versus 1.The Government of Tamil Nadu, rep. 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