1 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 19/4/2011 C O R A M THE HONOURABLE Mr.JUSTICE K.VENKATARAMAN W.P.(MD) No.4513 of 2011 The Chairman T. Sekhara Pillai Memorial College of education Arumanai Kanyakumari District ... Petitioner Vs. The Secretary to The Government of Tamil Nadu Department of Higher Education Fort St. George Chennai 600 009. ... Respondent Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for the issuance of a writ of mandamus to direct the respondent to consider and pass orders forthwith on the petitioner's memorandum dated 15/12/2010 together with the reminder thereto dated 17/3/2011 for recognising the status of petitioner-College as a Linguistic Minority Educational Institution. For petitioner ... Mr.E.V.N.Siva For respondents ... Mr.V.Rajasekaran, Spl.G.P. O R D E R Mr.V.Rajasekaran, Special Government Pleader takes notice of behalf of the respondents. 2. By consent, the main writ petition itself is taken up for final disposal. 3. The petitioner has come up with the present writ petition praying to direct the respondent to consider and pass orders forthwith on the petitioner's memorandum dated 15/12/2010 together with the reminder dated 17/3/2011 for recognising the status of petitioner-College as a Linguistic Minority Educational Institution. https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 2 4. Seeking such relief, the petitioner has sent a representation and a reminder to the respondent dated 15/12/2010 and 17/3/2011 respectively. Since the same have not been considered so far, the petitioner has come up with the present writ petition. 5. Considering the limited scope of the matter, without expressing any opinion on the claim made by the petitioner, I direct the respondent to consider the Memorandum as well as the reminder submitted by the petitioner dated 15/12/2010 and 17/3/2011 respectively and dispose of the same by passing appropriate orders on merits and in accordance with law within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. 6. This writ petition is ordered accordingly. No costs. Sd/- Deputy Registrar (LA) /True Copy/ Assistant Registrar To The Secretary to The Government of Tamil Nadu Department of Higher Education Fort St. George Chennai 600 009. +1 CC to Special Government Pleader (SR.No.14436) W.P.(MD) No.4513 of 2011 19/4/2011 mvs NSV/3.5.11/2P/3C https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/