This Court dismissed a contempt petition filed for non-compliance with an order directing the respondent to consider petitioners' representations, after the respondent produced proceedings showing compliance. The Court closed the petition but allowed challenging the final order.
Contempt petition closed with liberty to challenge the underlying order.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED : 05.02.2016
CORAM
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE R.SUBBIAH
Contempt Petition No.2554 of 2015
1.A.Palani
2.A.Elangovan
3.M.Dharuman
4.R.Saroja
5.Parvathi. R.
6.D.Kandhimathi
7.N.Annamalai
8.S.Santhanamery
9.A.Ramalingam
10.N.Kumarasamy
11.A.Shanmugam
12.N.Dhanapal
13.M.S.Chandrasekaran
14.E.Devaki
15.K.Ganesan
... Petitioners
vs.
Mr.Kannappan,
Director of Elementary Education,
DPI Campus, College Road,
Nungambakkam, Chennai-6.
... Respondent
Contempt petition has been filed under Section 11 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 to punish the respondent for wilful disobedience of the order of this Court dated 27.02.2014 passed in W.P.No.5826 of 2014.
For Petitioners : M/s.P.Murali For Respondent : Mrs.P.Rajalakshmi, GA
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ORDER
This Court, by an order dated 27.02.2014 made in W.P.No.5826 of 2014, directed the second respondent therein to consider the representation of the petitioners dated 02.09.2013 in the light of the Division Bench order passed in WA.Nos.815, 1531, 1691 to 1693 and 1165 of 2010 dated 07.07.2011 and pass appropriate orders on merits and in accordance with law, within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of that order. Since the said order has not been complied with, within the stipulated time as directed by this Court, the present contempt petition has been filed.
complied with, nothing survives in this contempt petition
and the contempt petition is closed. However, if the https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ petitioners are aggrieved over the order passed by the
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authority concerned, they are at liberty to challenge the same in a manner known to law, if they are so advised.
SD/DEPUTY REGISTRAR(OS)
//Certified to be true copy//
Dated at Madras this the day of 2016.
COURT OFFICER(O.S.)
From 25th Day of September 2008 the Registry is issuing
certified copies of the Orders/Judgments/Decrees in this
format.
CO/3/3/2016
One CC to Government Pleader, SR.1529/2016
2 issues framed by the court
Whether the contempt petition survives after the respondent showed compliance with the impugned order.
Whether the petitioners are at liberty to challenge the authority's subsequent order.
1 provisions across 1 enactments
A.Palani and 13 others
Mr. Kannappan
R. Subbiah
As recorded by the court registry
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