Madras High CourtCONT P/1745/2018withdrawn dismissed

M/S. Mahavir Plantations Pvt v. Thiru.Mangat Ram Sharma

2019-06-11Honourable Mr Justice T.Raja3 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 11.06.2019

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE T.RAJA Contempt Petition No.1745 of 2018 M/s Mahavir Plantations Pvt.Ltd., represented by its Director Lalu T.Bhansali Naduvattam Nilgiris District ..

Petitioner -vsThiru.Mangat Ram Sharma Principal Secretary to Government of Tamil Nadu Labour and Employment Department Fort St.George Chennai 600 009 ..

Respondent Petition under Section 11 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 praying to punish the respondent for wilful disobedience of the order of this Court dated 1.11.2017 made in W.M.P.No.29877 of 2017 in W.P.No.27850 of 2017. For Petitioner ::

Ms.Ami V.Kataria For Respondent ::

Mrs.P.Rajalakshmi Additional Government Pleader

ORDER

Mrs.P.Rajalakshmi, learned Additional Government Pleader for the respondent submitted that the Apex Court in its order dated 4.4.2018 in Contempt Petition (C) No.16 of 2012 in Writ Petition (C) No.365 of 2006 has directed the Government of Tamil Nadu to disburse Rs.9.5 Crores to the employees upon verification within 60 days with further conditions that notices shall be issued to the workers to present their claims and only upon verification the said amounts shall be disbursed to them. In case the workers have died, the amounts shall be disbursed to the legal representatives upon verification of their status. Upon verification of their identities and claims, they shall make payment in chronological order i.e.

, those who have retired earlier shall be paid before those who have retired later; that the process of verification and identification shall be commenced immediately. The Government also shall be entitled to recover those amount from all those employers whose primary duty was to pay the wages, as a revenue demand or any other efficacious manner. Pursuant to the said directions, she stated that, after identifying the beneficiaries, a sum of Rs.8,04,71,624.24p has been disbursed. With regard to the balance amount of Rs.

the Apex Court, shortly.

2. It is at this stage, the learned counsel for the petitioner sought permission to withdraw the contempt petition. Accordingly, granting permission to the learned counsel for the petitioner for withdrawal, this contempt petition is dismissed as withdrawn.

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