H.John Nepomission v. Ajay Kumar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

Dated : 10..08..2021

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE M.M.SUNDRESH and THE HONOURABLE MS. JUSTICE P.T.ASHA Contempt Petition No.2023 of 2019

1. H.John Nepomission

2. S.Gajendran

3. N.Vijayakumar

4. S.Balasubramanian 5.S.Subramanian 6.S.Venkatesan 7.S.Balachandran 8.R.Baskaran 9.R.Ravi 10.P.Alaguvel 11.B.Shyamal Rao 12.R.Veerapandian 13.T.Ramamoorthy 14.S.Velayutham 15.R.Shanmugam 16.R.Muthukumar 17.A.Christoper 18.K.Elangovan 1 / 4

19.M.Subramanian 20.A.Kuppakone 21.G.Pusushothaman 22.S.Sureshkumar 23.J.Sakthivel 24.V.Thaksnamurthy 25.L.Chinnasamy 26.P.Ganesan 27.R.Vasu 28.S.Muthukrishnan 29.R.S.Jayaraju 30.A.Muralikrishnan 31.V.B.Suresh 32.C.Krishnamurthy 33.S.Ramesh 34.N.Elango 35.A.Balamurugan 36.P.Periasamy 37.S.Ramaiah 38.C.Sivaramakrishnan 39.A.Kaliamoorthy 40.S.Bennadid 41.R.Guru 42.V.Muthukumar 43.V.Rajendran 44.C.Mani ... Petitioners 2 / 4

-Versus1.Mr.Ajay Kumar, Secretary to Government, Ministry of Defence, South Block, New Delhi 110 001.

2.Mr.Saurabh Kumar, Chairman, Ordinance Factory Board, 10-A S.K.Bose Road, Kolkaa-700 001.

3.Mr.Y.Somra, General Manager Heavy Alloy Penetrator Project, Trichy - 620 025.

... Respondents Prayer :- Petition is filed under Section 11 of The Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, praying to punish the respondents for willful disobedience of the order dated 24.06.2019 made in W.P.No.26447 of 2016. For Petitioner : Mr.Karthik Rajan For Respondents : Mr.V.Balasubramanian, SPC

ORDER

[Order of the Court was made by M.M.SUNDRESH,J.] Alleging that the order dated 24.06.2019 made in W.P.No.26447 of 2016 has not been complied with, the present contempt petition has been filed.

2.When the matter is taken up for hearing, the learned counsel appearing for the 3rd respondent produced a Xerox copy of the proceedings 3 / 4

of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in SLP (C) Diary No.18591 dated 04.01.2021 wherein further proceedings in Cont.P.No.2023 of 2019 in W.P.No.26447 of 2016 has been stayed.

3.In such view of the matter, the contempt petition stands closed. However, liberty is given tot he petitioner to file a fresh contempt petition subject to the outcome of the Special Leave Petition. No costs. SD/- ASSISTANT REGISTRAR(COMM.CASES) kmk //Certified to be true copy// Dated at Madras this the day of 2021. COURT OFFICER(O.S.) from 25th day of September 2008 the Registry is issuing Certified copies of the Orders/Judgments/Decrees in this format.

GS/25/08/2021 To The Secretary to Government, Ministry of Defence, South Block, New Delhi 110 001.

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