- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:37499-DB CCC No. 162 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 18TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2025 PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE AND THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C M JOSHI CCC NO. 162 OF 2025 (CIVIL) BETWEEN: 1. SRI MANJUNATHA H N S/O, H K NAGARAJA RAO, AGED ABOUT 65 YEARS, R/AT, NO 220 'A' 'OM AKSHARA' 1ST D MAIN ROAD, GRUHALAKSHMI LAYOUT NELAGADARANA HALLI, NAGASANDRA-PO BANGALORE-560073. 2. SRI. MANDALA MALLESHA, S/O, LATE M AUGAIAH, AGED ABOUT 69 YEARS, R/AT, NO. 9-94/ C. VENKATESHWARA NAGAR, MALKAJGIRI, HYDERABAD-500047. 3. SRI. GOVINDARAJAN, S/O. LATE SRI CHINNAPPA, AGED ABOUT 63 YEARS, R/AT NO. 772, NEW BINNY LAYOUT, MAGADI ROAD, BANGALORE-23. 4. SRI. SRINIVASA N, S/O.NARASIMHAIAH, AGED ABOUT 62 YEARS, R/AT NO. 77, 8TH CROSS, Digitally signed by PRABHAKAR SWETHA KRISHNAN Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:37499-DB CCC No. 162 of 2025 SHARADAMBA NAGAR, JALAHALLI, BANGALORE-13. 5. SRI.B.R RAMAPRASAD, S/O. LATE B RANGANATH RAO, AGED ABOUT 66 YEARS, R/AT NO 1662/8-B, 1ST MAIN, RAILWAY PARALLEL ROAD, RAMMOHANAPURA BANGALORE-21. 6. SRI SUBRAHMANYA S/O LATE NAGAPPA HEGDE AGED ABOUT 64 YEARS R/AT, NO. 1093, SREE NILAYA 5TH BLOCK, 8TH CROSS, KRS GOWDA EXTENSION HMT LAYOUT, NAGASANDRA POST, BANGALORE-560073 7. SRI P. RAJARAM S/O LATE P PAMPAPATHY AGED ABOUT 66 YEARS R/AT NO. 10, OM SRI NILAYA, 3RD CROSS, MARUTHI NAGARA CHANDRA LAYOUT, BANGALORE-40 8. SRI GURURAJ Y YAVAGAL S/O LATE VENKAT RAO H YAVAGAL AGED ABOUT 61 YEARS R/AT, NO.681, HMT LAYOUT, NAGASANDRA POST, 13TH CROSS, 3RD BLOCK, BANGALORE-560073 9. SRI KUMARASWAMY T S/O, SRI CHANDRAIAH T AGED ABOUT 66 YEARS R/AT, NO. 29, 2ND CROSS, G.THIMMAIAH LAYOUT - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:37499-DB CCC No. 162 of 2025 NEAR CHITHRAKOOTA SCHOOL NAGADEVANA HALII, BANGALORE-56 10. SRI ANANTHA NARAYANA NS S/O, LATE SRINIVASA MURTHY N AGED ABOUT 61 YEARS R/AT, NO.12, 'ANAGHA' 3RD MAIN SHARADAMBA NAGAR, BEHIND RAGHAVENDRA MUTT JALAHALLI, BANGALORE-13 11. SRI VARADA RAJU S N S/O NANJUNDA SETTY S.V AGED ABOUT 66 YEARS R/AT, NO. 28/7/1, 18TH CROSS, 19TH MAIN, M.C LAYOUT, VIJAYANAGAR, BANGALORE-560040. 12. SRI VIRUPAKSHAIAH S/O LATE BASAVARAJ G AGED ABOUT 66 YEARS R/AT, NO. 2-424/H HMT SWARNAPURI COLONY MIYAPUR HYDERABAD TELANGANA 500049. 13. SRI BASAVARAJU K S/O LATE KEMPAIAH AGED ABOUT 66 YEARS R/AT, NO 07, 20TH MAIN ROAD J C NAGAR, KURUBARA HALLI BANGAORE-560086 14. SRI MANJUNATHA T R AGED ABOUT 64 YEARS R/AT, NO. 10, 1ST MAIN NATARAJA LAYOUT, J.P NAGAR 7TH PHASE, BANGALORE-78. - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:37499-DB CCC No. 162 of 2025 15. SRI I PATRICK S/O LATE IRUDAYANATHAN AGED ABOUT 23 YEARS R/AT 750, 1ST A CROSS NEW BINNY LAYOUT MAGADI ROAD BANGALORE-560023 16. SRI SHIVANNA S/O LATE TUKARAMA AGED ABOUT 69 YEARS R/AT NO.46, UNNATI GROUND FLOOR, 3RD CROSS NEAR PARK GATE, JNANESHWARI LAYOUT VIDYARANYAPURA-97 17. SRI MUNINARAYANAPPA P S/O LATE POOJAPPA AGED ABOUT 70 YEARS R/AT NO.401, DWARAKA APARTMENT 8TH MAIN, BEL LAYOUT 4TH BLOCK, VIDYARANYAPURA BANGALORE-560097 18. SRI A.R SURESH S/O. A.G RAMACHAR AGED ABOUT 61 YEARS R/AT NO. 651, GROUND FLOOR KAMADHENU APARTMENTS, 11TH MAIN HESARAGHATTA MAIN ROAD A.G.B LAYOUT, BANGALORE-90 19. SRI M.S SRIDHARA S/O LATE T V SATYANARAYANA AGED ABOUT 61 YEARS R/AT, 910, 11TH MAIN "BRINDAVANA" A.G.B LAYOUT, CHIKKASANDRA BANGALORE-90. - 5 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:37499-DB CCC No. 162 of 2025 20. SRI LAKSHMINARAYANA M S/O LATE MUNIKRISHNAPPA AGED ABOUT 66 YEARS R/AT NO. 5, 2ND MAIN SHARADAMMA NAGAR, JALAHALLI VILLAGE, 1ST FLOOR, JALAHALLI, BANGALORE-13 21. SRI NAGARAJ B S/O LATE SHANKAR RAO B AGED ABOUT 66 YEARS R/AT NO. 571/31, 1ST MAIN ROAD ANJANEYA SWAMY TEMPLE LAYOUT THINDLU, VIDYARANYAPURA BANGALORE-560097 22. SRI NAGARAJA C V S/O LATE CHIKKAVEERABHADRAPPA AGED ABOUT 66 YEARS R/AT, NO. 3, SREE VEERABHADRA SWAMY NILAYA, 1ST MAIN ROAD, NEAR VIDYAPEETHA PUBLIC SCHOOL CHAMUNDESHWARI LAYOUT BANGALORE-97 23. SRI SHIVA MURTHY S.B S/O LATE BASAPPA S AGED ABOUT 61 YEARS R/AT, NO.39, PURUSHOTTAM LAYOUT 3RD CROSS, ABBIGERE BANGALORE-90 24. SRI UMESH NAYAK S/O LATE HANUMANTAPPA AGED ABOUT 59 YEARS R/AT C/O, B N MUNIRAJU NO.9, CHOWDESHWARI 1ST CROSS SARVABHAUMA NAGAR - 6 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:37499-DB CCC No. 162 of 2025 CHIKKALSANADRA, VTC BANGALORE-61 25. SRI M.E VIJAYA KUMAR S/O LATE ESHWARAPPA AGED ABOUT 61 YEARS R/AT NO. 456,4TH B CROSS ARUNODAYA NILAYA MUNESHWARA NAGAR, NAGASANDRA BANGALORE-73 26. SRI A DAKSHINA MURTHY S/O LATE A SATYANARAYANA AGED 68 YEARS R/AT NO. 328, 3RD FLOOR, BRIGADE COURT YARD APARTMENTS JALAHALLI, BENGALURU-13 27. SRI M SURYA NARAYANA NAME MENTIONED AS SUBRAMANYA IN W.P DUE TO A TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR) S/O LATE M LAKSHMI NARAYANA AGED ABOUT 66 YEARS R/AT NO. 9, 2ND FLOOR, 4TH CROSS, GOKUL EXTENSION, MUTHYALA NAGARA BANGALORE-560054 28. SRI PRABHAKAR Y S/O LATE Y RAMULU AGED ABOUT 61 YEARS R/AT, NO.118 SECTOR-II HMT COLONY JALAHALLI, BANGALORE-13 29. SRI ANJANEYALU S/O LATE RAJAIAH GOUD AGED ABOUT 63 YEARS R/AT NO. 4-100, DEVERYAMJAL HAKIMPET, - 7 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:37499-DB CCC No. 162 of 2025 HYDERABAD- 500078 TELANGANA STATE. …COMPLAINANTS (BY SRI SUBRAMANYA BHAT M, ADVOCATE) AND: 1. SRI RAJESH KOHLI THE MANAGING DIRECTOR, HMT MACHINE TOOLS LTD., HMT BHAVAN, NO.59, BELLARY ROAD, BANGALORE-560032. 2. SRI SUBRAMANYA BHAT GENERAL MANAGER, HMT MACHINE TOOLS LTD., BANGALORE COMPLEX, JALAHALLI, BANGALORE-560013 …ACCUSED (BY SRI B S SHRINIVAS, ADVOCATE) THIS CCC IS FILED UNDER SECTIONS 11 AND 12 OF THE CONTEMPT OF COURTS ACT, 1971, BY THE COMPLAINANTS, WHEREIN PRAYS THAT THE HON'BLE COURT MAY BE PLEASED TO INITIATE CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE ACCUSED FOR HAVING DELIBERATELY DISOBEYED THE ORDER DATED 21.10.2024 PASSED IN W.P.NO.14193/2024 (S-RES) ANNEXURE-A AND PUNISH THE ACCUSED. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: - 8 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:37499-DB CCC No. 162 of 2025 CORAM: HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE and HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C M JOSHI ORAL ORDER (PER: HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE) 1. The complainants have filed the present complaint for wilful disobedience of the order dated 21.10.2024 passed by the learned Single Judge in W.P.No.14193/2024. The operative part of the said order reads as under: "Taking note of the order passed by the Co-ordinate Bench, the respondents to consider the legal notice at Annexure-G as a representation and ought to take note of the observations made in W.P.No.45250/2014 and disposed off the said representation in accordance with law within a period of two months from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order." 2. The complainants have also filed the communication dated 06.01.2025, which indicates that the representation of complainant No.5 was considered. The accused (HMT Machine Tools Limited) has accepted the liability to make payments regarding earned - 9 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:37499-DB CCC No. 162 of 2025 leave encashment. However, it expresses its inability to immediately make the said payment on account of paucity of funds. 3. In the given circumstances, since the representation has been considered, we are unable to accept that there is any disobedience of the directions issued by the learned Single Judge in W.P.No.14193/2024. 4. The complaint is accordingly dismissed. Sd/- (VIBHU BAKHRU) CHIEF JUSTICE Sd/- (C M JOSHI) JUDGE KPS List No.: 1 Sl No.: 59