- 1 - NC: 2025:KHC:10536-DB CCC No. 1396 of 2024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 12TH DAY OF MARCH, 2025 PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR. N. V. ANJARIA, CHIEF JUSTICE AND THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.I.ARUN CCC NO. 1396 OF 2024 (CIVIL) BETWEEN: 1. SRI SURENDRA RAO, S/O. LATE T. SUBBA RAO RETIRED ASSISTANT ENGINEER (ELEC) O/o. THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER (ELEC) TL AND SS DIVISION, KARNATAKA POWER TRANSMISSION CORPORATION LIMITED, NELAMANGALA BANGALORE RURLA DISTRICT & R/AT NO.51, 4TH CROSS TELECOM LAYOUT K P AGRAHARA, VIJAYANAGAR PIPELINE BANGALORE - 560 023. …COMPLAINANT (BY SRI DEVARAJ N., ADVOCATE) AND: 1. SRI B. V. PALANETRA SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER (ELEC) BANGALORE NORTH CIRCLE, BANGALORE DISCIPLINARY AUTHORITY KARNATAKA POWER TRANSMISSION CORPORATION LIMITED, 2ND FLOOR, SEEDS BHAVAN BELLARY ROAD, HEBBAL BANGALORE - 560 024. …ACCUSED (BY SRI H. V. DEVARAJU, ADVOCATE) Digitally signed by PRABHAKAR SWETHA KRISHNAN Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - NC: 2025:KHC:10536-DB CCC No. 1396 of 2024 THIS CCC IS FILED UNDER SECTIONS 11 AND 12 OF THE CONTEMPT OF COURTS ACT, BY THE COMPLAINANT, WHERE IN HE PRAYS THAT THE HON'BLE COURT BE PLEASED TO INITIATIVE SEVERE CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE ACCUSED FOR HAVING DELIBERATELY, INTENTIONALLY AND WILLFULLY DISOBEYED TO CARRY OUT THE DIRECTIONS CONTAINED IN THE COURT ORDER DATED 18.03.2024 MADE IN W.P.NO.31598/2016 (S- DE) MARKED AT ANNEXURE - G AND GIVING FURTHER DIRECTION TO THE ACCUSED TO PAY REFIX THE INCREMENTS W.E.F. 29.09.2001 AND TO PAY THE AREARS OF PAY ETC ALONG WITH COSTS OF THESE PROCEEDINGS. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, JUDGMENT WAS DELIVERED THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MR. JUSTICE N. V. ANJARIA and HON'BLE MR JUSTICE M.I.ARUN ORAL JUDGMENT (PER: HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MR. JUSTICE N. V. ANJARIA) Learned Single Judge by the judgment and order dated 18.03.2024 allowing the petition in part, modified the order of penalty passed by respondent No.3. In place of the penalty which was imposed to be withholding of four increments with cumulative effect, a modified penalty of reduction of two increments without cumulative effect was substituted. The respondents were liable to pay to the petitioner the differential benefit arising out of modification of the penalty. It is for the said non-compliance, the contempt petition was filed. - 3 - NC: 2025:KHC:10536-DB CCC No. 1396 of 2024 2. Today when the petition came up for consideration, affidavit is filed by the respondent in which, it is inter alia stated that the benefits arising out of the order of modification of penalty shall be paid within three months. 3. The court finds that three months time is too long to be permitted in view that learned Single Judge passed the order almost one year back. 4. In that view, it is directed that the compliance of the order by making payment of the benefit to the petitioner shall be done within two months from today, failing which, the respondent shall be exposed to the aggravated form of contempt. 5. The petition is disposed of accordingly. Sd/- (N. V. ANJARIA) CHIEF JUSTICE Sd/- (M.I.ARUN) JUDGE DDU List No.: 1 Sl No.: 43