Petitioner filed contempt petition for non-compliance of an order. Respondent stood by stating the order was complied with upon issuance of a charge memo. Court held the order complied and closed the petition.
Contempt petition closed; no punishment imposed as the cited order was found to be complied with.
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Cont.P.No.2656 of 2023
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED : 16.11.2023
CORAM :
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE A.D. JAGADISH CHANDIRA
Contempt Petition No. 2656 of 2023
K. Soundharapandiyan .. Petitioner
Versus
Arjunan, The General Manager, Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation, Villupuram Zonal, Villupuram District .. Respondent
Contempt Petition is filed under Section 11 of Contempt of Court Act to punish the respondent for the non compliance of this Court order dated 05.05.2023 in W.P.No.14517 of 2023.
O R D E R
This contempt petition has been filed seeking to punish the
respondent for the willful disobedience of the order passed by this Court on 05.05.2022 in W.P.No.14517 of 2023.
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respondent in the writ petition, namely, Sivasankaran, the Branch Manager and that he had given a complaint against him to the General Manager/first respondent therein on 23.03.2023 and had requested the General Manager/first respondent therein to take action. Since no action was taken, the petitioner had approached this Court by filing a writ of mandamus in W.P.No.14517 of 2023 and this Court , by an order dated 05.05.2023 disposed the writ petition directing the General Manager/first respondent therein to consider the representation of the petitioner dated 23.03.2023 within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. It is the grievance of the petitioner that despite the lapse of the period of six weeks, no action has been taken and hence, he has come up with this contempt petition.
though this Court, while dismissing the W.P.No.14517 of 2023, had directed the General Manager/first respondent therein to consider and pass appropriate orders on the representation dated 23.03.2023 within a period of six weeks, the order has not been complied with so far.
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proceedings in f/F/vz;/2323/-o4/-jehmnghf(tp)/-tpk-2023. dated:23/09/2023/ After completion of enquiry, on 15.11.2023, a charge
memo has been issued to Mr.Sivasankaran, S/o.Veeramuthu, Branch Manager,
Grade II of the Kallakurichi Bus Depot vide
f/F/vz;/210/8210/T-rl;lk;1/jehmnghf(tp)-2023/ She would further submit that now the order has been duly complied with without any delay and the copy of the charge memo will be served on the counsel for the petitioner .
16.11.2023
Index : Yes / No Speaking / Non-speaking Neutral Citation : Yes / No mrp
A.D.JAGADISH CHANDIRA, J.
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K. Soundharapandiyan
Arjunan
A.D. Jagadish Chandira
As recorded by the court registry
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