A.Padmini v. K. Panindra Reddy I.A.S.,

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 01.12.2023 CORAM :

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE M.SUNDAR and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE R.SAKTHIVEL and Sub.Application (MD)No.282 of 2023 A.Padmini ... Petitioner vs.

Mr.K.Panindra Reddy, I.A.S., Principal Secretary to Government, Home (Prison IV) Department, Fort St. George, Chennai - 600 009.

... Respondent Contempt Petition filed under Section 11 of Contempt of Courts Act to punish the respondent herein for his willful and deliberate disobedience of the order of this Hon'ble Court dated 03.08.2023 made in W.P.(MD)No.18730 of 2023.

For Petitioner : Mr.C.Karthikeyan For Respondent : Mr.A.Thiurvadi Kumar, Additional Public Prosecutor.

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O R D E R

[Order of the Court was made by M.SUNDAR, J.] When the matter was taken up, the question as to the date on which the order dated 03.08.2023 made in W.P.(MD)No.18730 of 2023 was received by the sole respondent in the Contempt Petition became relevant owing to paragraph 3 of the order qua which the contempt petition is predicated.

2. Faced with the above situation, learned counsel submitted that he would apply for a certified copy and ascertain the date of receipt of aforementioned order dated 03.08.2023 and sought leave of this Court to withdraw the captioned Contempt Petition but made a plea to preserve the rights of the petitioner to come up with a similar / same Contempt Petition after doing the needful.

3. Learned counsel has made an endorsement in the case file and a scanned reproduction of the same is as follows: Page No.2 of 4

4. In the light of the narrative thus far, Contempt Petition is disposed of as closed albeit preserving the rights and contentions of the petitioner to come up with a similar /same prayer after doing the needful qua date of receipt of the order dated 03.08.2023 by the respondent.

5. Contempt Petition is closed albeit with the aforementioned observations and preservation of rights in the aforementioned manner. Consequently, captioned sub application also closed with the same observations and same preservation of rights. (M.S., J.) (R.S.V., J.) 01.12.2023 Index : Yes/No : Yes/No vsm Page No.3 of 4

M.SUNDAR, J.

and R.SAKTHIVEL, J.

vsm To Principal Secretary to Government, Home (Prison IV) Department, Fort St. George, Chennai - 600 009.

ORDER MADE IN DATED : 01.12.2023 Page No.4 of 4