This Court has passed an order in W.P.No.24322 of 2010 dated 09.11.2010, reads as follows:-
5.In the light of the said submission, this writ petition is disposed of in terms of paragraph 7 of the judgment extracted above and consequential order has to be passed by the second respondent within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. No costs. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petition is closed.
2.No doubt, there is a delay in implementing the orders of this Court. However, Mr.K.Venkata Ramani, Additional Advocate General VII, appearing on behalf of the respondents made a submission that the process took some time at the Government level and in respect of the claim of the writ petitioner, the deliberation and consideration was to be undertaken and therefore, there is an administrative delay in implementing the orders and the delay at this neither willful nor wanton.
3. Original files were produced before this Court and on perusal of the same, this Court is able to find that the proposal of the Director General of Police was considered by the Government and an order was passed in this regard in G.O.(3D).No.19 dated 02.04.2014, implementing the orders of this Court dated 09.11.2010 and accordingly the promotion to the post of Additional Superintendent of Police was granted to the writ petitioner. A copy of the Government Order was also communicated to the petitioner. However, the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner has stated that the order was not implemented as per the time frame fixed by this Court. This Court is aware of this fact. However, there is no willful intention to cause delay on the part of the officials in view of the process of moving files were undertaken in this regard.
4.Further, the directions of this Court is also to pass consequential Order in terms of paragraph 7 of the Judgement and the same is extracted as under:-
7. Considering the above facts and circumstances, I am of the considered view that the refusal to accord promotion to the petitioner to the post of Superintendent of Police citing G.O.Ms.No.1396 Home [Pol-1A] Department dated 03.10.2007 is wholly unjustified. Consequently, the G.O.Ms.No.1396 dated 03.10.2007, so far as denying promotion to the petitioner is liable to be quashed and accordingly quashed. Consequently, I direct the respondents to consider including the name of the petitioner in the panel of promotion, fit for promotion to the post of Superintendent of Police from the year, which he is eligible but for G.O.Ms.No.1396 dated 03.10.2007. The said exercise has to be carried out by the respondents within a period of Six Weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. The writ petition is ordered accordingly.
5.The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner cited the Judgment of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in the case of Union of India and other vs. Subedar Devassy Pv (Pasayat,J.) (2006)1 Supreme Court Cases 613, in paragraph 6 of the Judgment, the Hon'ble Supreme Court made an observation that:-
6.If any party concerned is aggrieved by the order which in its opinion is wrong or against the rules or its implementation is neither practicable nor feasible, it should always either approach the Court that passed the order or invoke jurisdiction of the appellate Court. Rightness or Wrongness of the order cannot be urged in contempt proceedings. Right or wrong, the order has to be obeyed. Flouting an order of the Court would render the party liable for contempt.
6.This Court is of the view that the said proposition laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the above cited supra, cannot have any direct application in respect of the facts and circumstances of the case on hand. In the present Contempt Petition, the respondents have initiated action for implementing. However, it took sometime at the Government level for processing the application.
7.Under these circumstances, this Court is of the opinion that the respondents have not committed any contempt wilfully and wantedly. Though, the time limit prescribed by this Court has not been followed in its strictness, this is not a fit case where the contemnor should be punished taking note of the facts and circumstances of the case on hand.
8.This Court is of the opinion that, no further adjudication is required in this contempt petition. Accordingly, the contempt petition stands closed. In view of the order passed in this Cont.P.No.705/2014, no further orders are required in Cont.P.SR.No.23979/2016 and Sub. Appl.SR.Nos.23980,23981/2016, and all these petitions stands closed.
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1.Niranjan Mardi, I.A.S., Principal Secretary to Government, Home Department, St.George Fort, Chennai -9.
2.K.Ramanujam.I.P.S., Director General of Police, Tamilnadu, Mylapore, Chennai-4.
S.M.SUBRAMANIAM,J.
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