MADURAI: A single judge of the Madras high court Madurai bench has refused to hear a case filed by a former CRPF constable as he had received a letter written by the litigant, connecting to the case.
Expressing displeasure, justice S Vaidyanathan, before whom the hearing came up said, though there is no bar either to a party-in-person or a litigant appearing through counsel to move the registry in respect of their grievances, the approach of the litigant in directly writing a letter to the judge is deprecated. "Hence, I am not inclined to take up this matter for hearing," the judge said.
Thus, the judge said the matter should be heard by some other judge, regarding which he also passed order.
The petitioner, K Saravanan from Ramanathapuram was appointed as a constable in 1994. He was removed from service on March 4, 2000 when he was working in Delhi on the ground that he did not join duty after completion of his leave period.
Challenging it, he had filed a case before the Madras high court, but the same was dismissed on November 16, 2010.
Thereafter, he had suffered from illness and took treatment at Erwadi Dargha. After he was cured of the illness, he sent a representation to the special director general, CRPF, Hyderabad on May 3, 2012. But it was rejected on September 16, 2013.
Hence, he filed a case before the high court bench seeking to direct the CRPF authorities to reinstate him in service.
When the judge was about to sign the order admitting the petition, he came to know that the petitioner wrote a letter directly to him. Following it, the judge refused to hear the case.
Expressing displeasure, justice S Vaidyanathan, before whom the hearing came up said, though there is no bar either to a party-in-person or a litigant appearing through counsel to move the registry in respect of their grievances, the approach of the litigant in directly writing a letter to the judge is deprecated. "Hence, I am not inclined to take up this matter for hearing," the judge said.
Thus, the judge said the matter should be heard by some other judge, regarding which he also passed order.
The petitioner, K Saravanan from Ramanathapuram was appointed as a constable in 1994. He was removed from service on March 4, 2000 when he was working in Delhi on the ground that he did not join duty after completion of his leave period.
Challenging it, he had filed a case before the Madras high court, but the same was dismissed on November 16, 2010.
Thereafter, he had suffered from illness and took treatment at Erwadi Dargha. After he was cured of the illness, he sent a representation to the special director general, CRPF, Hyderabad on May 3, 2012. But it was rejected on September 16, 2013.
Hence, he filed a case before the high court bench seeking to direct the CRPF authorities to reinstate him in service.
When the judge was about to sign the order admitting the petition, he came to know that the petitioner wrote a letter directly to him. Following it, the judge refused to hear the case.
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