IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DEVAN RAMACHANDRAN THURSDAY, THE 14TH DAY OF DECEMBER 2023 / 23RD AGRAHAYANA, 1945 CON.CASE(C) NO. 862 OF 2023 (FOR NON-COMPLIANCE OF THE JUDGMENT PASSED IN WP(C)NO. 34015/2022 DATED 01.12.2022 OF THE HON’BLE HIGH COURT OF KERALA) PETITIONERS/PETITIONERS IN W.P(C)NO.34015/2022: 1 SURESH.A.S, AGED 64, S/O.K.SREEDHARAN, ‘ALAKKADU’, PANACHIKKAVU, KUZHIMATTOM.P.O, KOTTAYAM – 686533. 2 PRIYADARSANAN. A.K., AGED 62, S/O.KRISHNA PILLAI, AMARTHIMELE VEEDU, KOLLAMKONAM, VILAPPILSALA P.O, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM – 695573. 3 SASI.V., AGED 62, S/O.VASU, ‘DEVI KRIPA’, KALAMPATTUVILA, PALLICHAL P.O, THIRUVANAMTHAPURAM – 695020. BY ADVS. G.RAJAN POTAYIL YAMUNA RANI V.G. URMILA.M.G GOPIKRISHNA S. RESPONDENTS/1ST RESPONDENT IN W.P(C)NO.34015/2022: 1 DR.P. SURESH KUMAR, (AGE AND FATHER'S NAME NOT KNOWN TO THE PETITIONERS), DIRECTOR, INSTITUTE OF HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT FOR ELECTRONICS(IHRD), ROJOE TOWERS, VAZHUTHACAUD, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM – 695014. 2 GOVERNMENT OF KERALA, HIGHER EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. *ADDL R2 IS IMPLEADED SUO MOTU VIDE ORDER DATED 16.11.2023 IN COC 862/23. BY ADVS.DEEPU THANKAN CON.CASE(C) NO. 862 OF 2023 -2- SRI. SUNIL K KURIAKOSE-GP; THIS CONTEMPT OF COURT CASE (CIVIL) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 14.12.2023, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: CON.CASE(C) NO. 862 OF 2023 -3- JUDGMENT The petitioners have approached this Court, alleging that the directions in the judgment in question have not been complied with by the respondents. 2. However, the respondents take the stand that the Institute of Human Resources Development for Electronics (IHRD) is hard- pressed for money because the Government has not released the sums which are due to it. 3. Today, learned Government Pleader – Sri.Sunil Kumar Kuriakose, filed a statement, in which, it is averred that certain sums have already been allocated to the ‘IHRD’; and that the Government will sanction such amounts as are necessary from it, as per the requirements of a particular financial year. 4. The learned Government Pleader explained that the figures in the statement are only the CON.CASE(C) NO. 862 OF 2023 -4- maximum that the Government has allotted to the ‘IHRD’ this year, which is kept high to ensure that it can sanction the maximum which is required; and therefore, submitted that every step has already been taken by the Government in this regard. Taking note of the afore submissions, and since the burden of complying with the directions is certainly on the 1st respondent, I close this contempt case, leaving liberty to the petitioners to approach this Court for a rehearing in this matter, if the same are not complied with in its entirety, within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. Sd/- DEVAN RAMACHANDRAN JUDGE akv CON.CASE(C) NO. 862 OF 2023 -5- APPENDIX OF CON.CASE(C) 862/2023 PETITIONER ANNEXURES ANNEXURE-1 CERTIFIED COPY OF THE JUDGEMENT DATED 01/12/2022 IN W.P.C. NO.34015/2022 OF THIS HON'BLE COURT ANNEXURE-2 THE TRUE COPY OF THE MEMO NO.IHRD/2984/2022 EA2(3) DATED 01.02.2023 ISSUED BY THE 2ND RESPONDENT ANNEXURE-3 THE TRUE OF THE LETTER OF AUTHORIZATION DATED 07/01/2023 SIGNED BY THE PETITIONERS ANNEXURE-4 THE TRUE COPY OF THE PROCEEDINGS NO. IHRD/2984/2022 EA2(2) DATED 24/2/2022 ISSUED BY THE 2ND RESPONDENT RESPONDENT ANNEXURES ANNEXURE R-1 (A) A TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER DATED 10/10/2023, ISSUED BY THE DIRECTOR, IHRD