- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:4645-DB CCC No. 1397 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 28TH DAY OF JANUARY, 2026 PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE AND THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C.M. POONACHA CIVIL CONTEMPT PETITION NO. 1397 OF 2025 BETWEEN: SMT A ALICE AGED ABOUT 72 YEARS, W/O M.A. CHANDRAPPA GOWDA, EARLIER, WORKING AS A SENIOR ASSISTANT, KARNATAKA TRANSMISSION CORPORATION LTD SINCE RETIRED AND R/A NO. 52/127, SKANDA, 8TH MAIN, 14TH CROSS BTM LAYOUT 2ND STAGE, BANGALORE - 560076 …COMPLAINANT (BY MS. SUVARNA LAKSHMI M.L, ADVOCATE) AND: SRI PANKAJ KUMAR PANDEY MANAGING DIRECTOR, KPTCL, CORPORATE OFFICE, KAVERI BHAVAN, BENGALURU - 560001. …ACCUSED (BY SRI. SHIRISH KRISHNA, ADVOCATE) Digitally signed by NIRMALA DEVI Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:4645-DB CCC No. 1397 of 2025 THIS CCC IS FILED UNDER SECTION 11 AND 12 THE, CONTEMPT OF COURT ACT, 1971, R/W ARTICLE 215 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA, BY THE COMPLAINANT, WHEREIN PRAYING TO INITIATE ACTION AGAINST THE ACCUSED FOR CONTEMPT OF THIS HONBLE COURT IN NOT IMPLEMENTING THE ORDER DATED 20.02.2024 IN WP NO.33653/2014 PASSED BY THE LEARNED SINGLE JUDGE AND ORDER DATED 04.11.2024 OF THIS HONBLE COURT IN CCC NO.1016/2024 (CIVI). THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE and HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C.M. POONACHA ORAL ORDER (PER: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C.M. POONACHA) 1. The present complaint is filed alleging willful disobedience of the order dated 20.02.2024 passed by the learned Single Judge of this Court in Writ Petition No.33653/2014 (S-RES), the operative part of which, reads as under: (i) The writ petition is allowed; (ii) The impugned endorsement dated 22.01.2014 issued by the respondent vide Annexure-E is hereby quashed; - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:4645-DB CCC No. 1397 of 2025 (iii) The petitioner is reserved with liberty to make a fresh representation to the Superintendent Engineer, BESCOM and seek 90 days encashment of privileged leave forfeited. (iv) If such representation is made, the concerned authority to take cognizance of the order passed by this Court and shall pay 90 days of encashment of privileged leave which was forfeited along with interest at the rate of 8% per annum from 01.05.2013 till the date of payment; (v) The pending interlocutory application, if any, does not survive for consideration and stands disposed of accordingly. 2. Learned counsel for the accused has filed a memo along with a copy of the Official Memorandum dated 27.01.2026, whereunder the payment is ordered to be made in terms of the order passed by this Court. The learned counsel for the accused submits that in terms of the Official Memorandum dated 27.01.2026 the payments would be made within a period of three weeks from date. - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:4645-DB CCC No. 1397 of 2025 3. In view of the aforementioned, the compliant is closed reserving liberty to the complainant to revive the same in the event, the payment is not made within a period of four weeks from date. Sd/- (VIBHU BAKHRU) CHIEF JUSTICE Sd/- (C.M. POONACHA) JUDGE ND List No.: 1 Sl No.: 39