In the High Court of Judicature at Madras Dated:14.07.2006 Coram: The Hon'ble Mr. Justice P. SATHASIVAM and The Hon'ble Mr. Justice V. DHANAPALAN Contempt Appeal No.2 of 2006 and CMP.No.3256 of 2006 R. Krishnamoorthy .. Appellant vs. 1. Mr. K. Gnanadesikan I.A.S., Secretary to Government of Tamilnadu Finance Department Fort St. George Chennai 600 009. 2. Mr. T. Theethan I.A. & A.S., Accountant General (A&E) Tamil Nadu Circle No.361 Anna Salai Chennai 600 018. .. Respondents Contempt Appeal filed under Section 19(1) of Contempts of Court Act 70 of 1971 as stated therein. For appellant :Mr.K. Premkumar For respondents:Mr. P. Wilson Spl. Govt. Pleader for R.1 Mr. V.T. Gopalan Addl. Solicitor General for R.2 assisted by T. Ravikumar JUDGMENT (Order of the Court was made by P. SATHASIVAM,J.) Aggrieved by the order of the learned Judge dated 25.11.2005 passed in Contempt Petition No.916 of 2005, dismissing the said petition with costs of Rs.1,000/-, the https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ petitioner/appellant has filed the present appeal under Section 19(1) of the Contempt of Courts Act.s 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Special Government Pleader for the first respondent and the learned Additional Solicitor General for the second respondent. 3. We verified the challenge made in the main writ petition, the relief prayed in the said petition, interim order granted by this Court on 31.03.2005 as well as the impugned order passed in the contempt petition. On going through all the above mentioned materials, we are of the view that though G.O.No.414 Finance ((Pay Cell) Department dated 31.07.2004 has been stayed by the orders of this Court, as rightly observed by the learned Judge, in the absence of specific direction for disbursement based on the earlier orders, the action of the respondents cannot be faulted with. We are in agreement with the conclusion arrived at by the learned Judge and find no ground to entertain the above appeal. However, it is the grievance of the appellant that the learned Judge while dismissing the contempt petition has awarded costs of Rs.1,000/-. We heard the learned counsel for respondents on this aspect. Considering the grievance expressed by the petitioner/appellant, we are of the view that there is no reason to award cost. Hence, the direction for payment of cost alone is set aside and in other respects we confirm the order of the learned Judge. The appeal is disposed of accordingly. No costs. Consequently, connected CMP., is closed. kh Sd/ Asst.Registrar /true copy/ Sub Asst.Registrar https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ To The Secretary to Governmetn of Tamil Nadu Finance Department Fort Saint George Chennai - 9 2. The Accountant General (A&E) Tamil Nadu Circle No. 361 Anna Salai, Chennai - 18 + one cc to M/s. K. Prem Kumar Advocate sr no. 30762 AMB(CO) NM(25.07.2006) Contempt Appl.No.2/06 https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/