IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU ON THE 25TH DAY OF JULY, 2019 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAVI MALIMATH AND THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE H.P.SANDESH CCC NOS.1095-1096 OF 2019 (CIVIL) BETWEEN:
1. SRI. BHIMA RAO SON OF LATE SRI. SHIVAJIRAO AGED ABOUT 37 YEARS RESIDENT OF NO.201 BALAGANGADHARA NAGARA MALLATHAHALLI BENGALURU-560 056.
2. SRI. K. LINGARAJU SON OF LATE SRI. KALAIAH AGED ABOUT 48 YEARS RESIDENT OF BENGALURU UNIVERSITY GARAGE PRASANNA KUMAR BLOCK BENGALURU-560 009. ... COMPLAINANTS (BY SMT. VAISHALI HEGDE, ADVOCATE) AND:
SRI. B.K. RAVI REGISTRAR BENGALURU UNIVERSITY GNANABHARATHI BENGALURU. ... ACCUSED (BY SRI. B. RAMESH, ADVOCATE) THESE CONTEMPT PETITIONS ARE FILED UNDER SECTIONS 11 AND 12 OF THE CONTEMPT OF COURTS ACT 1971, READ WITH ARTICLE 215 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA, PRAYING TO INITIATE CONTEMPT OF COURT PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE ACCUSED FOR WILFUL DISOBEDIENCE OF THE ORDER DATED 20.04.2018 IN WRIT PETITION NO.61596 OF 2016 AND IN WRIT PETITION NO.61924 OF 2016.
THESE CONTEMPT PETITIONS COMING ON FOR ORDERS THIS DAY, RAVI MALIMATH J., PASSED THE FOLLOWING:
ORDER These contempt petitions are filed on the ground that the order dated 20.04.2018 passed by the learned Single Judge of this Court in Writ Petition Nos.61596 of 2016 and 61924 of 2016 has been disobeyed. In terms of the said order, the respondent therein was directed to consider the representations of the complainants and convey the same to the complainants within a period of two months from the date on which the representations are submitted.
2. In compliance of the said direction, the same was communicated to the complainants vide Annexure-C dated 10.05.2018 within the time stipulated. However, the contention of the complainants is that the directions have not been complied with.
3. A counter affidavit is filed by the accused enclosing Annexure-R1 which is the copy of the Rules published on 01.07.2019. Under the circumstances, we do not find any ground to proceed further. The direction issued in the order impugned herein was to take a decision on the representations and convey the same to the complainants. Nothing more than that can be expected from the accused. Since, the accused have considered the representations, we find no good ground to proceed further.
The proceedings are dropped.
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JUDGE JUDGE ST