Banumathi and 2 Others v. Mr. K.Tharpagaraj, I.A.S.
Case brief
What is this about?
Contempt petition (CONT P No. 3292 of 2025, Madras High Court, decided 17-12-2025, N. Sathish Kumar J.) under Section 11 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 against the District Collector, Tiruvannamalai for alleged willful disobedience of the order in W.P.No. 9521 of 2024 dated 22.07.2024 concerning land allotment. Compliance reported by Special Government Pleader; petitioner alleged lesser land allotted. Court declined to examine adequacy of allotment in contempt jurisdiction, directed petitioner to challenge allotment in the manner known to law, and closed the petition without costs.
What did the court decide?
The question whether lesser land than ordered was allotted to the petitioner pursuant to W.P.No. 9521 of 2024 cannot be gone into at this stage in the contempt proceeding; if the petitioner is really aggrieved by the allotment, he must challenge it in the manner known to law.