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2025 DAILYLAW 56576 (MAD)

Citizens Forum v. Mr.Kumar Jayant IAS and 3 others

CONT P/1773/2023 · 2025-03-27

D Bharatha Chakravarthy, R Subramanian

Transfer Petitionbody2025

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Cont.P.No.1773 of 2023 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS Dated :27.03.2025 Coram: THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE R.SUBRAMANIAN AND THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE D.BHARATHA CHAKRAVARTHY Cont.P.No.1773 of 2023 Citizens Forum, 20, Ganapathy Nagar, Korattur, Chennai 600 099, Represented by its Founder Trustee S.Krishna Kumar ..Contempt Petitioner/Petitioner /versus/ 1.Mr.Kumar Jayant, IAS, Secretary to Government, Revenue and Disaster Management Department, State of Tamil Nadu, having office at Fort St.George, Chennai 600 009. 2.Dr.P.Sankar, Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Urban Habitat Development Board, No.5, Kamarajar Salai,Chepauk, Near Vivekananda House, Chennai 600 005. 1/5 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Cont.P.No.1773 of 2023 3.Mr.J.Radhakrishnan, IAS, Commissioner, The Greater Chennai Corporation, Amma Maligai, Rippon Building Campus, Chennai 600 003. 4.Thiru.R.Kannan, Member Secretary, Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, No.76, Mount Road, Guindy, Chennai 600 032. .. Respondents/Respondents Contempt Petition has been filed under Section 11 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, praying to punish the respondents herein jointly and severally for committing contempt of Court for wilfully violating and disobeying the order and judgment dated 25.01.2023 passed in W.P.No.19253 of 2022 under Section 12 of the Contempt of Court Act. For Petitioner :Ms. V.Lavanya for Mr.G.Vivekanand For Respondents :Mr.A.Selvendran, Spl.G.P, for R1 Mr.S.Karthikeyan, Standing Counsel for R2 Mr.J.Ravindran, AAG Assisted by Mr.A.Arun Babu, SC (Corpn.) For R3 ----- 2/5 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Cont.P.No.1773 of 2023 ORDER (Order of the Court was delivered by R.SUBRAMANIAN,J.) It is now stated that all the encroachments have been removed, compliance has been reported and the photographs have been taken on file. The Contempt Petition is closed. There shall be a direction to the authorities to maintain the entire area free of encroachment in the future. If there is any encroachment in the future, the petitioner shall be entitled to move again for contempt. [R.S.M.J.] [D.B.C.J.] 27.03.2025 Index:no non speaking order Neutral Citation:no ari 3/5 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Cont.P.No.1773 of 2023 To: 1.Mr.Kumar Jayant, IAS, Secretary to Government, Revenue and Disaster Management Department, State of Tamil Nadu, having office at Fort St.George, Chennai 600 009. 2.Dr.P.Sankar, Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Urban Habitat Development Board, No.5, Kamarajar Salai,Chepauk, Near Vivekananda House, Chennai 600 005. 3.Mr.J.Radhakrishnan, IAS, Commissioner, The Greater Chennai Corporation, Amma Maligai, Rippon Building Campus, Chennai 600 003. 4.Thiru.R.Kannan, Member Secretary, Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, No.76, Mount Road, Guindy, Chennai 600 032. 4/5 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Cont.P.No.1773 of 2023 R.SUBRAMANIAN,J. AND D.BHARATHA CHAKRAVARTHY,J. ari Cont.P.No.1773 of 2023 27.03.2025 5/5 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis