Neelakantharayagouda v. Uma Mahadevan
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court, Kalaburagi Bench (DB, per Mohammad Nawaz J.), CCC No. 200057 of 2025, decided 26-06-2025: civil contempt petition by a Gram Panchayat Bill Collector alleging non-compliance with order dated 27.11.2024 in W.P.No.200216/2024 (direction to consider representations dated 12.10.2023 and 08.11.2021 re Bill Collector pay scale within eight weeks); compliance found in endorsement dated 28.01.2025 by PDO Srishail Alli rejecting the claim; contempt proceedings dropped and petition dismissed, with liberty to pursue remedies before the appropriate forum. Keywords: Contempt of Court Act S.11, S.12; Article 215 Constitution; Gram Panchayat; Panchayat Development Officer; RPAD endorsement; contempt dropped; W.P.No.200216/2024.
What did the court decide?
On perusal of the endorsement dated 28.01.2025, the Court found that the order passed in W.P.No.200216/2024 directing Accused No.2 to consider the representations and pass necessary orders has been complied with; accordingly, the contempt proceedings were dropped.