IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANTONY DOMINIC FRIDAY, THE 23RD SEPTEMBER 2011 / 1ST ASWINA 1933 WP(C).No. 23475 of 2011(H) --------------------------------------- PETITIONER(S): ---------------------- TOMY RAPHY, S/O.RAPHY ANTONY, B.TECH (EEE) VTH SEMESTER, COCHIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, KOCHI -682 022. BY SRI.V.CHITAMBARESH, SENIOR ADVOCATE, ADV. SRI.T.C.SURESH MENON, SRI.JIBU P THOMAS, SRI.P.S.APPU, SRI.A.R.NIMOD, SRI.C.A.ANOOP. RESPONDENT(S): ------------------------- 1. THE VICE CHANCELLOR, COCHIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, KOCHI- 682 022. 2. THE SYNDICATE, COCHIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, KOCHI- 682 022. 3. C.P. PRAVEEN, CHAIRMAN, GENERAL COUNCIL, COCHIN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS UNION, COCHIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, KOCHI- 682 022. 4. THE COCHIN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS UNION REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, COCHIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, KOCHI- 682 022. 5. THE COCHIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, REPRESENTED BY ITS REGISTRAR, KOCHI- 682 022. R1, R2 & R5 BY ADV. SRI.S.P.ARAVINDAKSHAN PILLAI,SC,COCHI UTY. R3 BY ADV. SRI.BABU KARUKAPADATH, SMT.M.A.VAHEEDA BABU, SRI.JAGAN GEORGE, SRI.K.A.NOUSHAD, SRI.P.G.PRAMOD, SRI.ONEAL SABU. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 23/09/2011,THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: rs WP(C).No. 23475 of 2011(H) APPENDIX PETITIONER'S EXHIBITS: EXT.P1: COPY OF THE ORDER NO.AC.A2/11660/08-09 ACCORDING SANCTION DATED 03/05/2010. EXT.P2: COPY OF THE RELEVANT PORTION OF THE CONFIRMED MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE SYNDICATE DATED 29/05/2010. RESPONDENT'S EXHIBITS:- NIL. //TRUE COPY// P.S. TO JUDGE rs ANTONY DOMINIC, J. ---------------------------------------------------- W.P.(C) No. 23475 OF 2011 ----------------------------------------------------- Dated this the 23rd day of September, 2011 J U D G M E N T This writ petition has been filed mainly with a prayer for the issuance of a writ of quo warranto calling upon the 3rd respondent to show cause under what authority he is continuing as a member of the Syndicate of the Cochin University of Science and Technology. 2. When the case was taken up, on behalf of the 3rd respondent himself, it is submitted that a fresh election to the General Council of University Union was held on 20.9.2008 and that he has ceased to be a member of the General Council and Syndicate. In the light of the said submission made on behalf of the 3rd respondent, it is unnecessary to examine the contentions raised by the petitioner on its merits. Therefore, recording the above submission made on behalf of the party respondent, I close this writ petition. ANTONY DOMINIC, JUDGE ul/-