{"id":48514,"date":"2011-02-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-01T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/hilda-mercy-vs-m-kutralingam-on-2-february-2011"},"modified":"2015-06-07T17:06:05","modified_gmt":"2015-06-07T11:36:05","slug":"hilda-mercy-vs-m-kutralingam-on-2-february-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/hilda-mercy-vs-m-kutralingam-on-2-february-2011","title":{"rendered":"Hilda Mercy vs M.Kutralingam on 2 February, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Madras High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Hilda Mercy vs M.Kutralingam on 2 February, 2011<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS\n\nDATED :02.02.2011\n\nCORAM\n\nTHE HON'BLE Mr. JUSTICE K.VENKATARAMAN\n\n\nContempt Petition No.1243 of 2010\n\n\n\nHilda Mercy \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t..Petitioner\n\n\tVs.\n\n1.M.Kutralingam, I.A.S.,\n   Secretary (Education Department)\n   Fort St.George\n   Chennai  600 009.\n\n   ( Contempt against R1 \n     is closed as per order \n     of this Court dated 22.09.2010)\n\n2.Ms.Suganthi\n   The District Educational Officer\n   Arignar Anna Campus\n   Coonor, Nilgiri District\n   Pin : 643 102.\n\n3.Bro.Johnson\n   The Head Master &amp; Correspondent\n   St.Antony's Higher Secondary School\n   Coonor  643 101\n   Nilgiri District.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t..Respondents\n\n\n\n\t\tContempt petition filed under Section 11 of Contempt of Courts Act to punish the respondents for committing contempt of the order of this Court made in W.P.No.15320 of 2008 dated 23.09.2008.\n\n\t\tFor petitioner   \t   :  Ms.K.Bhawatharini\n\n\t\tFor Respondents \t   :  Ms.Dakshayani Reddy, A.G.P.,\n\n\n O R D E R\n<\/pre>\n<p>\t\tThe present contempt application was taken out alleging violation of the orders of this Court, made in W.P.No.15320 of 2008 dated 23.09.2008.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\t2. In and by the said order, I have directed the respondents 2 and 3 in the said writ petition to consider the grievance of the petitioner as put forth by her in her representation dated 28.04.2008 on merits and in accordance with law. Alleging that the said order was not complied with, the present contempt application was filed.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\t3. Mrs.Dakshayani Reddy, the learned Additional Government Pleader produced an order dated 14.11.2008 to show that the order was complied with. However, it is represented by the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner that the said order was not communicated to the petitioner. There upon the learned A.G.P., was directed to produce the records to show that the said order was forwarded to the petitioner. But, the learned A.G.P., was unable to point out from the records that the said order was communicated to the petitioner by Registered Post with Acknowledgment. Today, the learned A.G.P., has handed over the order referred to above to the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner. Hence, the present contempt application stands closed.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\t4. However, the petitioner is at liberty to challenge the said order in a manner known to law.\n<\/p>\n<p>pgp<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madras High Court Hilda Mercy vs M.Kutralingam on 2 February, 2011 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED :02.02.2011 CORAM THE HON&#8217;BLE Mr. JUSTICE K.VENKATARAMAN Contempt Petition No.1243 of 2010 Hilda Mercy ..Petitioner Vs. 1.M.Kutralingam, I.A.S., Secretary (Education Department) Fort St.George Chennai 600 009. 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