Madras High CourtCONT P(MD)/2909/2025closed

M.Poomari Malaisamy v. Anjan Joshi

2026-02-13Honourable Mr Justice G.K. Ilanthiraiyan4 pages

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT Dated : 13.02.2026

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE G.K.ILANTHIRAIYAN in W.P.(MD) No. 2297 of 2024 M.Poomari Malaisamy, ... Petitioner Vs.

Anjan Joshi, Chief Grievance Officer and Head -Customer Experience Management, 1st Floor, HDFC House, 165/166 Backbay Reclamation, H.T.Parekh Marg, Chuchgate, Mumbai - 400 020.

... Respondent PRAYER :- Contempt Petition filed under Section 11 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 to punish the Contemnor for committing Contempt of Court by his willful deliberate disobedience of the order passed by this Honourable Court dated 05.11.2024 made in W.P.(MD) No. 2297 of 2024.

For Petitioner : Mr.M.Saravanakumar, For Respondent : Mr.R.Narayanan 1/4

ORDER

This Contempt Petition has been filed seeking to punish the respondents for wilful disobedience of the order passed by this Court in W.P.(MD) No. 2297 of 2024, dated 05.11.2024, whereby the petitioner was granted liberty to challenge the rejection of his in the manner known to law.

2. The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submitted that the rejection order has not been served on the petitioner so far.

3. When the matter is taken up for hearing today, the learned counsel appearing for the respondent, on instructions, submitted that there was no individual rejection order rejecting the claim made by the agriculturists for the grant of crop insurance. He further submitted that there was no formal rejection communication issued to individual claimants, unlike individual retail policies. The responsibility for denial of the claim lies purely within the framework of the scheme and is based on data outcomes. Farmers are made aware at the beginning of the season that PMFBY is a structural, area-based indemnity system and not an 2/4

individualized insurance policy. Therefore, no copy of rejection is available and the same was not served to the petitioner. That apart, the claim of the petitioner and others was rejected on the ground that they had harvested paddy crop and had achieved the actual yield from their fields, they were not entitled to any crop insurance.

4. In view of the above submissions, no contempt is made out as against the respondents and this Contempt Petition stands dismissed. 13.02.2026 NCC : Yes / No Index : Yes / No Internet : Yes / No LS TO

1. Anjan Joshi, Chief Grievance Officer and Head -Customer Experience Management, 1st Floor, HDFC House, 165/166 Backbay Reclamation, H.T.Parekh Marg, Churchgate, Mumbai - 400 020.

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G.K.ILANTHIRAIYAN,J.

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