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V.Kumaresan v. Mr. R. Selvaraj, I.A.S.

Madras HC6 Jun 2025CONT P/2597/2024

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What is this about?

Contempt petition closed; wilful disobedience; compliance of writ order; Section 11 Contempt of Courts Act; W.P. No. 18924 of 2019 order dated 15.06.2023; G.O.(D) No. 37 dated 25.04.2025; notional promotion with retrospective effect from 15.06.2017; immediate junior P. Natarajan; affidavit dated 05.06.2025; Highways and Minor Ports Department; Director General Highways Department; Madras High Court; no punishment imposed.

What did the court decide?

No punitive order; the Contempt Petition was closed as the Court was satisfied that the order dated 15.06.2023 in W.P. No. 18924 of 2019 stands complied with. ¶30

V.Kumaresan Vs Mr. R. Selvaraj, I.A.S. — Contempt of Court | Madras HC (2025)

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Contempt Petition No. 2597 of 2024

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

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DATED : 06.06.2025

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CORAM

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THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE BATTU DEVANAND

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Contempt Petition No. 2597 of 2024

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V. Kumaresan ... Petitioner

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Vs.

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1.R. Selvaraj, I.A.S., Secretary to Government, Highways and Minor Ports Department, Fort. St. George, Secretariat, Chennai – 600 009.

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2.R. Selvadurai, Director General, Highways Department, HRS Campus, No.76, Sardar Patel Road, Guindy, Chennai – 600 025. ... Respondents

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PRAYER: Contempt Petition is filed under Section 11 of the Contempt of Courts Act, to punish the respondents herein for willful disobedience of the order of this Court passed in W.P. No. 18924 of 2019 dated 15.06.2023.

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For Petitioner : Mr. G. Amal Raj For Respondents : Mr. P. Balathandayutham Special Government Pleader

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Contempt Petition No. 2597 of 2024

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O R D E R

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This Contempt Petition has been filed complaining wilful

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disobedience of the order dated 15.06.2023 in W.P. No. 18924 of 2019.

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While allowing the said writ petition, this Court held that the

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petitioner is entitled for the relief sought in the writ petition.

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Learned Special Government Pleader appearing for the

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respondents submits that the order has been complied and the Government Order in G.O.(D) No. 37 dated 25.04.2025 has also been issued. He placed a copy of the said order before this Court.

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On 28.04.2025, on perusal of the said G.O., this Court sought

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clarification from the respondents so as to whether the direction as to giving the promotion to the petitioner notionally by giving retrospective effect has been complied. To clarify the same, the respondents filed an affidavit on 05.06.2025, wherein it is stated that retrospective effect has been given notionally to the petitioner from 15.06.2017 from the date of promotion of his immediate junior Mr. P. Natarajan, in compliance of the order of this Court dated 15.06.2023.

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Contempt Petition No. 2597 of 2024

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In the light of the G.O.(D) No. 37 dated 25.04.2025 issued by

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the respondents and taking into consideration of the clarification given by the respondents in their affidavit, this Court satisfied that the order of the Court is complied with.

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