K.Ravichandran And 24 Others v. Rajeev Verma Ias And 3 Others

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 29.08.2025

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE M.S.RAMESH 1.K.Ravichandran 2.R.Sambangi 3.D.Kaveri 4.P.Purushothaman 5.A.N.Thirugnanasambandan 6.R.Rahitha 7.J.MohanRao 8.M.Ragouraman 9.B.Senthamaraikannan 10.B.Saradhamani 11.J.Ameerdeen 12.M.Panneerselvam 13.K.Vasanthi 14.M.Thilagar 15.V.Jeeva 1/5

16.C.Manivannan 17.A.Abdul Kalam Azad 18.N.Srinivasan 19.A.Subrayan 20.R.Susainathan 21.S.Natarajan 22.D.Santhi 23.G.Baskaran 24.R.Kumaran 25.P.Balamurugan .. Petitioners Vs.

1.Rajeev Verma, I.A.S., Chief Secretary, Government of Pondicherry, Pondicherry.

2.A.Nedunchezhiyan, I.A.S., Secretary (Co-operation), Government of Pondicherry, Pondicherry.

3.Yeswanthiah, Registrar of Cooperative Societies, Government of Pondicherry, Pondicherry.

4.K.Dhanabalan, Liquidator, Pondicherry Public Servant Co-operative Stores Ltd., No.P.456, Puducherry.

.. Respondents 2/5

Prayer: Contempt Petition filed under Section 11 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, praying to punish the respondents for wilful disobedience of the order of this Court in W.P.No.12505 of 2015 dated 01.06.2022.

For Petitioners :

Mr.V.Vijay Shankar For Respondents :

Mr.A.Tamilvanan Additional Government Pleader (Pondy)

O R D E R

As against the interim order passed in the writ petition, an appeal was filed in W.A.No.1076 of 2023. It is now represented by the learned counsel for the respondents that when the writ appeal was listed in the last hearing, learned counsel for the petitioners had given an undertaking before the Hon'ble Division Bench that he would not precipitate the contempt proceedings.

2.In view of the undertaking given, it would not be appropriate to adjudicate the contempt proceedings parallelly when the writ appeal is pending. However, if liberty is granted to the petitioners to workout their remedy subject to the final outcome of the writ appeal, ends of justice could be secured.

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3.Accordingly, the Contempt Petition stands closed with liberty to the petitioners to workout their remedies, subject to the final outcome of the writ appeal.

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