Madras High CourtWP/11248/2015disposed of

V.Varalakshmi v. The Commissioner Of Municipal

2015-04-17Honourable Mr Justice M. Sathyanarayanan3 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 17.04.2015

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE M.SATHYANARAYANAN W.P.No.11248 of 2015 V.Varalakshmi .. Petitioner - Vs -

1. The Commissioner of Municipal Administration, Chepauk, Chennai - 600 005.

2. The Director of Municipal Administration, Chepauk, Chennai - 600 005.

3. The Joint Commissioner (Administration), O/o The Director of Municipal Administration, Chepauk, Chennai - 600 005.

4. The Regional Director of Municipal Administration, Jeeva Commercial Complex, Tambaram, Chennai - 600 045.

5. The Commissioner, Thiruverkadu Municipality, Thiruverkadu, Chennai - 600 077.

6. Mr.Kabali .. Respondents Prayer:- Writ Petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of Writ of Mandamus directing the respondents 1 to 5 to dispose of the petitioner's complaint in Ref.No.Na.Ka.No.9901/2014/AN1 on the file of the 3rd respondent dated 01.08.2014.

Petitioner : Mr.K.Balaji For Respondents 1 to 4: Mr.Rm.Muthukumar, Government Advocate - - - - -

O R D E R

By consent, the writ petition is take up for final disposal.

2. The petitioner is employed as Revenue Assistant in Thiruverkadu Municipality and her grievance is that the 6th

respondent started to sexually harass her for the past two years. In this regard, the petitioner gave a complaint and based on which, the third respondent was appointed as the enquiry officer to look into the complaint. Thereafter, nothing took place and in this regard, she submitted a representation dated 09.04.2015 to the respondents 1 to 5 and since she has not been favoured with any action by the said respondents and further no worthwhile action has been taken against the 6th respondent, the petitioner has come forward with this writ petition.

3. Heard Mr.K.Balaji, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and Mr.Rm.Muthukumar, learned Government Advocate accepts notice for the respondents 1 to 4.

4. This Court taking into consideration the limited scope of the prayer sought for by the petitioner without commenting on the merits of the representation, directs the third respondent to consider and dispose of the representation of the petitioner dated 09.04.2015 on merits and in accordance with law and also expedite the proceedings initiated against the 6th respondent in accordance with law and pass orders as expeditiously as possible and not later than eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order and communicate the decision taken to the petitioner. The writ petition is disposed of accordingly. No costs.

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