Traffic Dr.K.R.Ramaswamy v. Mrs.Girija Vidyanathan

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 18.01.2019 Coram The Hon'ble Mr. Justice M.M.SUNDRESH and The Hon'ble Mr. Justice R.MAHADEVAN Cont. Petition No.2176 of 2017 Traffic Dr.K.R. Ramaswamy ..

Petitioner vs.

1.Mrs.Girija Vidyanathan, The Chief Secretary, Government of Tamil Nadu, Fort St. George, Chennai - 600 009

2. Mr.D. Karthikeyanm The Commissioner, Corporation of Chennai, Rippon Buildings, Chennai - 600 003

3. Mr.A.K. Viswanathan, The Commissioner of Police, Greater Chennai City, E.V.K. Sampath Salai, Vepery, Chennai - 600 007

4. Mr.S. George, The Director, Fire and Rescue Service Department, Dr. Lakshmipathy Road, Egmore, Chennai - 600 008

5. Mr.Perumal, The Deputy Commissioner of Police, Triplicane Range, Chinthadripet, Chennai - 600 002 .. Respondents

Petition filed under Section 11 of Contempt of Courts Act to punish the respondent herein for contempt of wilfully disobeying the order dated 03.11.2016 passed by this Court in W.P.No.38204 of 2016.

For Petitioner ..

Mr.S. Ganesan For 1st Respondent ..

Mr.S.R. Rajagopal Addl.Advocate General assisted by Mrs.A. Srijayanthi, Spl.G.P For 2nd Respondent...

Mr.K. Soundararajan

ORDER

(Order of the Court was made by M.M.SUNDRESH, J.) Alleging that the order dated 03.11.2016 made in W.P.No.38204 of 2016 has not been complied with, the present contempt petition has been filed.

2.When the matter is taken up for hearing, learned Additional Advocate General, on instructions and after producing the file, submits that an enquiry was conducted after due Notice to the petitioner and thereafter, an order was passed against the delinquent officer and the order was also communicated to the petitioner.

2.

The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner disputes the receipt of the order.

3.

From the files, it appears that action has been taken against the delinquent officer. Inasmuch as the petitioner's counsel disputes the factum of receipt of order, we direct the contemnor to send another copy of the order to the petitioner within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of the order and liberty is granted to the petitioner to work out his remedy on the receipt of a copy of the order.

4.With the above direction, the contempt petition stands closed.

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