V.Radhakrishnan v. Pushpa and Another

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED : 23.01.2026 CORAM: THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE M.DHANDAPANI Contempt Petition Nos.2403, 2712 & 2740 of 2025 Cont.P.No.2403 of 2025 :-

¶1V.Radhakrishnan

¶2E.Poongothai

¶3P.Valliyammal

¶4K.Senkootuvel

¶5P.S.Udayakumar

¶6G.Kailasam

¶7Rajmohan

¶8G.Ramakrishnan

¶9A.Varadharajaperumal

¶10A.Navaneetham

¶11Rajamanickam

¶12Ramasami

¶13S.Govindarajan

¶1Pushpa Special District Revenue Officer, Page No.1 of 6

¶2Varatharajan Project Officer, National Highways Authority of India – 68, Salem. Present Address:-No.26, 1st Floor, V.G.P.Nagar West, Vazhudhareddy Post, Villupuram – 605 401. ... Respondents Act, 1971, seeking to punish the respondents for the non compliance of the orders passed in W.P.No.24512 of 2022 dated 14.10.2022. Cont.P.No.2712 of 2025 :-

¶1R.Palanivel

¶2P.Muthukrishnan

¶3G.Duraisamy

¶4K.Shanmugam

¶5P.M.Palanimuthu

¶6K.Arumugam

¶7K.Govindharajalu

¶8A.Chinnathambi

¶9P.Govindhan

¶10P.Mani

¶11Vijaya Page No.2 of 6 Pushpa Special District Revenue Officer, ... Respondent Act, 1971, seeking to punish the respondent for the non compliance of the orders passed in W.P.No.24719 of 2022 dated 14.10.2022. Cont.P.No.2740 of 2025 :-

¶1A.Ravi

¶2T.Varatharajan

¶3C.Kumar

¶4A.Gnanasekaran

¶5Sampath

¶6Madeshwaran

¶7Rajamani

¶8V.Ezhumalai Pushpa Special District Revenue Officer, Page No.3 of 6 ... Respondent Act, 1971, seeking to punish the respondent for the non compliance of the order passed in W.P.No.24477 of 2022 dated 14.10.2022. In all Cont.Ps. For Petitioners : Mr.K.Sudhakar For Respondents For R1 : Mr.A.Selvendran Special Government Pleader For R2 : Mr.Su.Srinivasan COMMON ORDER These Contempt Petitions are filed seeking to punish the respondents for wilful disobedience of the order dated 14.10.2022 passed in W.P.Nos.24512, 24719 & 24477 of 2022 respectively.

¶2Today, when the matters are taken up for hearing, the learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submitted that, in pursuant to the contempt petitions, the respondents deposited the entire amount before this Registry including the admitted amount and disputed amount.

¶3In view of the above submissions, this Court issues a direction to the Registry to release the admitted amount to the petitioners along with interest and to deposit the disputed amount in the interest bank account in the nationalized bank. Page No.4 of 6

¶4With the above directions, all the Contempt Petitions are closed.

23.01.2026 Index : Yes/No Speaking Order/ Non-speaking order rts To

¶1The Special District Revenue Officer,

¶2The Project Officer, National Highways Authority of India – 68, Salem. Present Address:- No.26, 1st Floor, V.G.P.Nagar West, Vazhudhareddy Post, Villupuram – 605 401. Page No.5 of 6 M.DHANDAPANI,J. rts Contempt Petition Nos.2403, 2712 & 2740 of 2025

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