Petitioner challenged contempt petition closure, alleging non-compliance with earlier order directing removal of illegal occupants from 139 shops. Court found compliance. Contempt petition closed.
Contempt petition and connected sub-application closed.
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Cont.P.(MD)No.61 of 2020
BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 22.12.2020 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.KIRUBAKARAN AND THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE B.PUGALENDHI Cont.P.(MD)No.61 of 2020 and
Sub Application (MD)No.17 of 2020
M.Jerald Jeyaseelan ... Petitioner
Vs.
1.Mr.Prasanth Vadanare, I.A.S., The District Collector, Kanyakumari District, Nagercoil.
2.Mr.Kannan,
The Assistant Director of Town Panchayat, Office of the District Collector Compound, Nagercoil, Kanyakumari District.
3.Mr.Joselin, The Executive Officer, Karungal Town Panchayat(Selection Grade), Karungal Post, Kanyakumari District.
4.Mr.K.Shanmugam, I.A.S., The Chief Secretary, Government of Tamil Nadu, Secretariat, Fort St.George, Chennai-600 009. ... Respondents
Prayer : Petition filed under Section 11 of the Contempt of Court Act, 1971, to punish the contemnors/respondents for their deliberate and wilful disobedience of the order of this Court in W.P.(MD)No.14341 of 2019, dated 01.10.2019.
Prayer in WP(MD). 14341/ 2019 :
Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying this Court To issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus call for the records in connection with impugned order in Na.Ka.No.93/2019/A1 dated 12/06/2019 of the 3rd respondent office tender notice and quash the same and directing the respondents No.1 to 3 to remove the illegal occupants among the 139 shops of the panchayat and renovate the buildings by reconstructing the removed walls and refixing the broken roof concrete and drive all the illegal occupants from the shops and https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ conduct auction for each shops after assigning Serial Number to
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all the 139 shops as 1 to 139 and conduct open auction after giving vide publicity in loval newspapers by giving opportunity to all the general public also it is highly necessary to fix a time frame for conducting the auction by monitoring higher officer of the department.
ORDER
(Order of the Court was made by N.KIRUBAKARAN,J)
Mr.E.Murugan, learned Counsel appearing for the petitioner would submit that the order of this Court dated 01.10.2019, made in W.P.(MD)No.14341 of 2019, has been complied with.
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To
1.Mr.Prasanth Vadanare, I.A.S., The District Collector, Kanyakumari District, Nagercoil.
2.Mr.Kannan,
The Assistant Director of Town Panchayat, Office of the District Collector Compound, Nagercoil, Kanyakumari District.
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3.Mr.Joselin, The Executive Officer, Karungal Town Panchayat(Selection Grade), Karungal Post, Kanyakumari District.
4.Mr.K.Shanmugam, I.A.S., The Chief Secretary, Government of Tamil Nadu, Secretariat, Fort St.George, Chennai-600 009.
Cont.P.(MD)No.61 of 2020 22.12.2020
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1 provisions across 1 enactments
M.Jerald Jeyaseelan
Mr.Prasanth Vadanare
Mr.Kannan
Mr.Joselin
Mr.K.Shanmugam
N.Kirubakaran
B.Pugendhi
As recorded by the court registry
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