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R.Ravichandran v. Shunchonngam Jatak Chiru

Madras HC12 Dec 2025SUB A(MD)/324/2025

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What is this about?

Reopen/restore contempt petition; Cont.P.(MD)No.192 of 2025; Sub Application (MD)No.324 of 2025; Section 151 Cr.P.C.; charge memo 03.06.2020; deferred list; promotional panel year 2016-2017; promotion as Superintendent; crucial date 15.03.2016; W.P.(MD)No.6058 of 2024 order dated 30.07.2024 non-compliance; WA(MD)No.527 of 2025 dismissed 11.03.2025; contempt closed 08.04.2025; SLP(Civil) Diary No.55877 of 2025 dismissed 31.10.2025; Transport Commissioner; Joint Transport Commissioner (Admn); contempt petition restored, listed 09.01.2026.

What did the court decide?

Contempt petition Cont.P.(MD)No.192 of 2025 restored to file; Registry directed to list the contempt petition on 09.01.2026; learned Additional Government Pleader directed to get instructions from the respondents in the meantime. ¶28

R.Ravichandran Vs Shunchonngam Jatak Chiru — Madras HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

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Sub Application (MD)No.324 of 2025 in Cont.P.(MD)No.192 of 2025

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BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT

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Dated : 12.12.2025

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CORAM

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THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE B.PUGALENDHI

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Sub Application (MD)No.324 of 2025 in Cont.P.(MD)No.192 of 2025

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R.Ravichandran ... Petitioner

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Mr.Shunchonngam Jatak Chiru, The Transport Commissioner, Chepauk, Chennai – 5.

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Mr.Pon Senthilnathan, The Joint Transport Commissioner (Admn), Chepauk, Chennai – 5. ... Respondents

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Petition filed under Section 151 Cr.P.C., seeking to reopen the Contempt Petition in Cont.P.(MD)No.192 of 2025.

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For Petitioner : Mr.H.Mohammed Imran

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For Respondents : Mr.G.V.Vairam Santhosh, Additional Government Pleader

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https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis

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ORDER

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Sub Application (MD)No.324 of 2025 in Cont.P.(MD)No.192 of 2025

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This Sub Application is filed to re-open the Contempt Petition in Cont.P.(MD)No.192 of 2025.

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The petitioner was issued with a charge memo dated 03.06.2020.

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Therefore, the petitioner's name has not been included in the promotional panel. According to him, the crucial date was 15.03.2016 and at that time, there was no charge pending as against him. Challenging the deferred list published by the 1^st respondent, the petitioner filed a writ petition before this Court in W.P.(MD)No.6058 of 2024, seeking a direction to the respondents to promote him as Superintendent on par with his batchmates for the panel year 2016-2017. This Court, by order dated 30.07.2024, allowed the writ petition by setting aside the impugned deferred list and also directed the respondents to include the petitioner's name in the promotional panel for the year 2016-2017 for the post of Superintendent.

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https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis

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Sub Application (MD)No.324 of 2025 in Cont.P.(MD)No.192 of 2025

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Challenging the same, the respondents preferred a writ appeal in WA(MD)No.527 of 2025. A Division Bench of this Court, by Judgment dated 11.03.2025, dismissed the writ appeal, however, granted two months' time to implement the order passed in the writ petition. In the meantime, the petitioner has filed the above contempt petition in Cont.P.(MD)No.192 of 2025. Considering the order passed in the writ appeal, this Court, by order dated 08.04.2025, closed the contempt petition.

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It appears that as against the dismissal of the writ appeal, the

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respondents have filed a Special Leave Petition before the Hon'ble Supreme Court in SLP(Civil) Diary No.55877 of 2025 and the same was dismissed by order dated 31.10.2025. In these circumstances, the petitioner has filed this sub application to restore the contempt petition.

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