W.P.No.4286 of 2018 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED : 27.03.2025 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE M.SUNDAR and THE HONOURABLE MRS.JUSTICE K.GOVINDARAJAN THILAKAVADI W.P.No.4286 of 2018 and W.M.P. No.5274 of 2018 in W.P.No.4286 of 2018 The Association of Self-Finance Agricultural Colleges (ASFAC) rep. By its Secretary Dr.K.Balaraman, No.242-B, RVS Agricultural College, Trichy Road, Sulur, Coimbatore. ... Petitioner Vs. 1.The Chancellor, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Raj Bhavan, Guindy, Chennai – 600 025. 2.The State of Tamil Nadu rep. By Secretary to Government, Agriculture Department, Fort St. George, Secretariat, Chennai – 600 009. 3.The Registrar, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore. 4.The Secretary to Chancellor, Raj Bhavan, Guindy, Chennai – 600 025. Page Nos.1/5 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis W.P.No.4286 of 2018 5.The Director General, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Krish Anusandan Bhavan, New Delhi – 110 012. 6.Dr.K.Ramaswamy, Vice Chancellor, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore. ... Respondents Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of The Constitution of India praying to issue a Writ of Declaration declaring Section 11 sub section (3) of the Tamil Nadu Agricultural Universities Act, 1971 as arbitrary, illegal and ultra vires the constitution and forbear the 6th respondent herein from acting as the Vice-Chancellor of the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University beyond the age of 70 years. For Petitioner : Mr.AR.Karthik Lakshmanan For Respondents : Mr.V.Ravi, Special Government Pleader for R2 Mr.S.Manikandan for R3 No appearance for R1 and R4 to R6 ORDER [Order of the Court was made by M.SUNDAR, J.,] Matter mentioned at quarter to five. Page Nos.2/5 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis W.P.No.4286 of 2018 2. Mr.AR.Karthik Lakshmanan, learned counsel on record for writ petitioner submits that he has instructions from the writ petitioner to withdraw captioned 'Writ Petition' (hereinafter 'WP' for the sake of brevity) and captioned 'Writ Miscellaneous Petition' (hereinafter 'WMP' for the sake of brevity) thereat, saying so, learned counsel has made an endorsement in the case file and a scanned reproduction of the same is as follows: Page Nos.3/5 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis W.P.No.4286 of 2018 3. In the light of the narrative thus far, captioned WP and captioned WMP thereat are disposed of as closed/withdrawn. There shall be no order as to costs. (M.S.,J.) (K.G.T.,J.) 27.03.2025 Index : Yes / No Neutral Citation : Yes/No mmi To 1.The Chancellor, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Raj Bhavan, Guindy, Chennai – 600 025. 2.The Secretary to Government, Agriculture Department, Fort St. George, Secretariat, Chennai – 600 009. 3.The Registrar, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore. 4.The Secretary to Chancellor, Raj Bhavan, Guindy, Chennai – 600 025. 5.The Director General, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Krish Anusandan Bhavan, New Delhi – 110 012. Page Nos.4/5 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis W.P.No.4286 of 2018 M.SUNDAR, J., and K.GOVINDARAJAN THILAKAVADI, J., mmi W.P.No.4286 of 2018 27.03.2025 Page Nos.5/5 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis