Case Note & Summary
The petitioner filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking a mandamus directing the Teachers Recruitment Board (third respondent) to issue an addendum to Notification No.1 of 2025 dated 24.01.2025, to enable her to apply for the post of Assistant Professor in Government Law Colleges and participate in the selection process. The notification apparently required candidates to have passed the TNSET 2024 examination, and the petitioner sought an addendum to address this condition. During the course of hearing, the learned Standing Counsel for the Teachers Recruitment Board placed before the court a copy of an addendum dated 21.02.2025, which stated that candidates would be allowed to appear for the written examination for the posts of Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, and Assistant Professor (Pre-Law) only if they passed the TNSET 2024 examination. The court, upon perusal of the addendum, formed the considered view that no further adjudication was required in the writ petition. Consequently, the writ petition was closed without any order as to costs, and the connected miscellaneous petitions were also closed. The legal issue for consideration was whether the petition required adjudication after the issuance of the addendum. The court found that the grievance of the petitioner stood resolved by the addendum, and thus the petition became infructuous. The ratio decidendi is that when the relief sought in a writ petition is rendered unnecessary by a subsequent action of the respondent, the court may close the petition without a detailed adjudication on merits.
Headnote
A) Service Law - Recruitment - Closure of writ petition upon satisfaction of grievance - Not mentioned - The petitioner sought a mandamus directing the Teachers Recruitment Board to issue an addendum to Notification No.1 of 2025 for the post of Assistant Professor; during hearing, the Board produced an addendum dated 21.02.2025 which allowed candidates to appear if they passed TNSET 2024, thereby resolving the issue; Held that no further adjudication was required and the petition was closed (Paras 2-3).
Issue of Consideration
Whether the writ petition should be adjudicated or closed in light of the addendum issued by the Teachers Recruitment Board to Notification No.1 of 2025.
Final Decision
Writ petition closed as no further adjudication required; no order as to costs; connected miscellaneous petitions closed.
Law Points
- Legal points not extracted
- Writ of Mandamus
- issuance of addendum
- closure of petition
- infructuous relief
