Contempt petition filed to punish respondents for alleged disobedience of an order regarding employee absorption. Court accepted respondent's status report showing compliance and closed the petition.
The contempt petition is closed as the court accepted the status report stating compliance with the prior order.
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Cont.Petn.No.1519 of 2024
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 28.08.2024
CORAM :
THE HON'BLE MR. D.KRISHNAKUMAR, ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE and
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE P.B.BALAJI
Cont.Petn.No.1519 of 2024
Vs.
PRAYER : Contempt petition filed under Section 11 of the Contempt of Court Act to punish the respondents for willfully disobeying the order of this Court in W.P.No.34023 of 2017, dated 28.07.2023.
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For Petitioners : Mr.P.Rajendran For respondents : Mr.N.Ramesh, Senior Panel Counsel
ORDER
(Order of the Court was made by P.B.BALAJI, J.)
This contempt petition has been filed by the petitionerS to punish the
respondents for willfully disobeying the order of this Court in W.P.No.34023 of 2017, dated 28.07.2023.
filed a status report stating that, pursuant to the order passed by this court, the Departmental Screening Committee was convened on 27.08.2024 to assess the eligibility of the petitioners for absorption as Group-D, in accordance with the part II of the Schedule under the Department of posts (Group D posts) Recruitment Rules 2002 as per 75% - 25% by taking into account the vacancies, that have occurred year wise from 2002 to 2009 (up to 28.03.2009). It is further stated during that exercise, the petitioners 1 to 5 have been found eligible for the notional appointment as MTS and the sixth respondent viz. N.Balaji has not been found eligible, as per his seniority and
to that effect, order has been issued by the third respondent, vide memo
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dated 27.08.2024. According to the respondents, the order passed by this
Court in W.P.No.34023/2017, dated 28.08.2023 is complied with.
If the petitioners are aggrieved by the order passed by the respondents, it is
open to them to challenge the same, in accordance with law.
(D.K.K., A.CJ.) (P.B.B.J.)
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THE HON'BLE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE and P.B.BALAJI, J.
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K.Muralidharan
S.Jayaprakash
P.Balaji
N.Lakshmi
A.Muralidharan
N.Balaji
D.Krishnakumar
P.B.Balaji
As recorded by the court registry
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