S.Saranya v. Pavankumar G.Giriyappanavar, Ias.,
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 15.09.2023
CORAM:
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE N.ANAND VENKATESH Cont.P.No.1984 of 2023 S.Saranya
...Petitioner
Vs.
Mr.Pavankumar G.Giriyappanavar, I.A.S., Commissioner, Tiruppur City Municipal Corporation, Thiruppur-641 604.
... Respondent Contempt Petition filed under section 11 of the Contempt of Courts Act, to punish the respondent for the willful disobeyal of the orders of the Hon'ble High Court of Madras made in W.P.No.18502 of 2023 dated 23.06.2023.
For Petitioner :
Mr.T.Ranganathan For Respondent :
Mr.S.Silambanan, Additional Advocate General Assisted by Mr.Abishekmurthy 1/5
ORDER
This Contempt petition has been filed to punish the respondent for his willful disobedience of the order passed by this Court in W.P.18502 of 2023 dated 23.06.2023.
2. Pursuant to the earlier order passed by this Court on 01.09.2023, the status report has been filed by the respondent. The relevant portions in the status report are extracted hereunder: "5. I submit that upon receiving a copy of the order on 01.07.2023, I, along with other Corporation officials, inspected the temporary flower market and directed the vendors to vacate the premises and conduct their business in the newly constructed Flower Market. Regrettably, the vendors refused to vacate the temporary market citing pendency of other Writ Petition. Subsequently, on 07.07.2023, I wrote a letter to the TamilNadu Electricity Board to disconnect the electricity connection in the temporary Flower Market. Following this, on 10.07.2023, I inspected the flower market and served notice to 2/5
the vendors to vacate the premises.
6. I submit that, on 12.09.2023, I sent another letter to the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board, requesting to disconnect the electricity connection. Then, on 13.09.2023, I, along with other Corporation officials and electricity board officials, inspected the premises, and the electricity board representatives disconnected the electricity connection. Subsequently, the vendors vacated the temporary market, and the allotment in the new Flower Market commenced, with vendors moving to the newly constructed Flower Market at Eswaran Koil Street.
7. I submit that the place where the temporary market was situated was handed over to the Agricultural Marketing Society as vacant land, in accordance with conditions prescribed in G.O.Ms.No.53 dated 28.02.2020 of the Agriculture (AM2) Department."
3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the flower market was closed and the electricity connection was also disconnected and the flower vendors were vacated. However, some of the flower 3/5
vendors have now put up new shops in the private property in the very same road. In view of the same, the second portion of the order has not been complied with.
4. It is clear from the compliance report filed by the respondent that the order passed in the writ petition has been complied with. Some of the flower vendors doing the business in a private property without getting license is a separate cause of action which cannot be gone into this petition.
5. In view of the above, this contempt petition is closed. 15.09.2023 Index : Yes/No Speaking order/Non speaking order nl/gvn 4/5
N.ANAND VENKATESH, J.
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