HC summons three senior IAS officers in a contempt plea
Judge asks Registry to issue notice
03/10/2019, LEGAL CORRESPONDENT,CHENNAI
The Madras High Court has summoned three IAS officers S.K. Prabakar, V.K. Jeyakodi and K.S. Palanisamy to explain as to why they should not be punished for not complying with orders passed by the court last year to pay compensation to six land owners whose properties were acquired way back in 1996 for improvement of branch canals of the Amaravathi main canal in Tiruppur district.
Justice G. Jayachandran directed the High Court Registry to issue statutory notices, which require their presence in the court, to the three officials on a contempt of court petition filed jointly by nine persons who had parted with their lands for the project. The judge had given sufficient time to the officials to comply with the orders even after the filing of the contempt petition but found that they had failed to implement them.
Though a report was filed in the court titled ‘compliance report’, the judge said, it does not appear to reflect true compliance of orders passed by Justice V. Bharathidasan on November 28, 2018.
Then, allowing a writ petition filed by K. Sivaraj, K. Kumarasamy, R. Govintharaj, S. Palanisamy, M. Palanisamy and four others, the judge had recorded the submission that the government had sanctioned ₹2.72 crore on October 12, 2018, for payment of compensation.
After recording the submission, he ordered disbursal of compensation to the nine writ petitioners within two months. However, the money was not disbursed forcing the petitioners to move the present contempt petition. Since, an administrative order passed by former Chief Justice Vijaya Kamlesh Tahilramani had dispensed with the need to list contempt petitions before the judges whose orders had been allegedly disobeyed, the case got listed before Justice Jayachandran.
Finding that the officials did not appear to show any sign of compliance with the court orders passed in November last, the judge ordered statutory notices to then Public Works Department Secretary Mr. Prabakar (now heading the Highways and Minor Ports department), Commissioner of Land Administration V.K. Jeyakodi and Tiruppur Collector Mr. Palanisamy.
Judge asks Registry to issue notice
03/10/2019, LEGAL CORRESPONDENT,CHENNAI
The Madras High Court has summoned three IAS officers S.K. Prabakar, V.K. Jeyakodi and K.S. Palanisamy to explain as to why they should not be punished for not complying with orders passed by the court last year to pay compensation to six land owners whose properties were acquired way back in 1996 for improvement of branch canals of the Amaravathi main canal in Tiruppur district.
Justice G. Jayachandran directed the High Court Registry to issue statutory notices, which require their presence in the court, to the three officials on a contempt of court petition filed jointly by nine persons who had parted with their lands for the project. The judge had given sufficient time to the officials to comply with the orders even after the filing of the contempt petition but found that they had failed to implement them.
Though a report was filed in the court titled ‘compliance report’, the judge said, it does not appear to reflect true compliance of orders passed by Justice V. Bharathidasan on November 28, 2018.
Then, allowing a writ petition filed by K. Sivaraj, K. Kumarasamy, R. Govintharaj, S. Palanisamy, M. Palanisamy and four others, the judge had recorded the submission that the government had sanctioned ₹2.72 crore on October 12, 2018, for payment of compensation.
After recording the submission, he ordered disbursal of compensation to the nine writ petitioners within two months. However, the money was not disbursed forcing the petitioners to move the present contempt petition. Since, an administrative order passed by former Chief Justice Vijaya Kamlesh Tahilramani had dispensed with the need to list contempt petitions before the judges whose orders had been allegedly disobeyed, the case got listed before Justice Jayachandran.
Finding that the officials did not appear to show any sign of compliance with the court orders passed in November last, the judge ordered statutory notices to then Public Works Department Secretary Mr. Prabakar (now heading the Highways and Minor Ports department), Commissioner of Land Administration V.K. Jeyakodi and Tiruppur Collector Mr. Palanisamy.
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