1 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 21.02.2011 CORAM: THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.PAUL VASANTHAKUMAR AND THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE R.SUBBIAH W.P.(MD).No.1927 of 2011 Kandasamy : Petitioner Vs. 1.The Secretary, Adi-Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Department, Fort.St.George, Chennai 9. 2.The District Collector, Madurai District, Madurai. 3.The Revenue Divisional Officer, Madurai. 4.The Tahsildar, Madurai North, Madurai District. : Respondents PRAYER: Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue a Writ of Mandamus directing the second respondent to consider the petitioner's representation dated 28.01.2011 and directing the respondents to issue Puthiraivannan Community Certificate classified as Scheduled Caste for the petitioner's daughter Kanmani to enable her to prosecute her studies. For Petitioner : Mr.R.Venkatesan For Respondents : Mr.M.Rajarajan, Government Advocate O R D E R [Order of the Court was made BY N.PAUL VASANTHAKUMAR, J] Mr.M.Rajarajan, learned Government Advocate, takes notice on behalf of the respondents. By consent, the Writ Petition is taken up for final disposal at the stage of admission itself. 2. The prayer in the Writ Petition is for issuing a Writ of Mandamus directing the second respondent to consider the petitioner's representation dated 28.01.2011 for the purpose of issuing Puthiraivannan Community Certificate, which is classified as "Scheduled Caste", to the petitioner's daughter namely Kanmani. 3. Seeking issuance of Puthiraivannan Community Certificate (SC) to the petitioner's daughter, namely, Kanmani, the petitioner has submitted a representation on 28.01.2011 to the District Collector, Madurai District, the second respondent herein and a copy of the said https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 2 representation was marked to the Tahsildar, Madurai North, Madurai District, who is the Competent Authority to issue such Community Certificate. 4. Since the Tahsildar, Madurai North, Madurai District, is not addressed directly by the petitioner, the petitioner is granted liberty to submit a representation/application to the fourth respondent, along with required documents, within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order and on receipt of the same, the fourth respondent is directed to consider the same and pass appropriate orders, taking note of the earlier Community Certificates issued to the petitioner, his relatives and other documents, within a period of four weeks thereafter. The Writ Petition is disposed of in the above terms. No costs. SD DEPUTY REGISTRAR ( LA ) /TRUE COPY/ ASST REGISTRAR NB To 1.The Secretary, Adi-Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Department, Fort.St.George, Chennai 9. 2.The District Collector, Madurai District, Madurai. 3.The Revenue Divisional Officer, Madurai. 4.The Tahsildar, Madurai North, Madurai District. 1CC MR.R. VENKATESAN, ADVOCATE,S R: 9317: DM:2011:FEBRUARY:23::: ORDER MADE IN W.P.(MD).No.1927 of 2011 21.02.2011 2P:6C:; https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/