1 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 20.10.2011 CORAM: THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.N.BASHA AND THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE M.VENUGOPAL Writ Petition (MD)No.12072 of 2011 M.A.Chellappa ... Petitioner Vs. 1.The District Collector, Dindigul District. 2.The Revenue Divisional Officer, Dindigul District. ... Respondents Writ Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of a Writ of mandamus directing the 2nd respondent to issue 'Malai Vedan' Community Certificate to the petitioner's daughter and sons, namely C.Divya, C.Vijaya Ram and C.Loganathan, respectively within a stipulated time. For Petitioner : Mr.M.V.Venkataseshan For Respondents: Mr.S.Venkatesh, Government Pleader. O R D E R [Order of the Court was made BY K.N.BASHA, J] The petitioner has come forward with this writ petition seeking for a direction to the 2nd respondent to issue 'Malai Vedan' Community Certificate to the petitioner's daughter and sons, namely C.Divya, C.Vijaya Ram and C.Loganathan, respectively, within a stipulated time. 2.Mr.S.Venkatesh, learned Government Pleader, takes notice for the respondents. By mutual consent of the learned counsel for the parties, the main writ petition itself is taken up for final hearing at the time of admission itself. 3.Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the petitioner belongs to 'Malai Vedan' Community and seeking issuance of community certificates to his daughter and sons to the effect that they also belong to 'Malai Vedan' Community, he made representations to the 2nd respondent on 20.08.2010 and on 14.06.2011. He further submits that based on the said representations, the petitioner was asked to appear for an enquiry on 05.01.2011 and accordingly the petitioner appeared for the enquiry and submitted all relevant records in respect of his community status. He would further submit that since there was no reply from the 2nd respondent thereafter, the petitioner made a further representation to the 1st respondent on https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 2 04.07.2011, but the same is yet to be considered. He further submits that based on the orders of this Court made in W.P.(MD)No.8544 of 2007, the 2nd respondent has issued community certificate to the petitioner's daughter on 09.03.2010 as she belongs to 'Malai Vedan' Community. Therefore, he seeks for a direction to the 2nd respondent to consider the representations of the petitioner and pass orders within a time frame. 4.Heard the learned Government Pleader on the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner. It is submitted by him that the the respondents would consider the representations of the petitioner and pass necessary orders on merits 5.We have considered the submissions made by the counsel on either side and perused the materials available on record. 6.The fact remains that the petitioner has already been served with a notice for enquiry and the petitioner had also appeared for the enquiry and submitted relevant documents. The grievance of the petitioner is that till date community certificates were not issued to his daughter and sons. 7.In view of the limited prayer now made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, this Court, without going into the merits of the representations of the petitioner dated 20.08.2010 and 14.06.2011, is constrained to direct the 2nd respondent to consider the representations of the petitioner dated 20.08.2010 and 14.06.2011, by affording an opportunity of hearing to the petitioner and thereafter to pass orders on merits and in accordance with law and also in the light of Division Bench order of this Court made in W.P.(MD)No.8544 of 2007, within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. It is also made clear that the petitioner shall also furnish copies of his representations dated 20.08.2010 and 14.06.2011, along with a copy of this order. 8.With the above direction, this writ petition stands disposed of. No costs. sd/- Assistant Registrar (Crl. Side) /True Copy/ Sub Assistant Registrar (C.S) To: 1.The District Collector, Dindigul District. 2.The Revenue Divisional Officer, Dindigul District. ORDER IN WP(MD)No.12072/2011 Dated:20.10.2011 gb RJ/15.11.11 2p/3c https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/