IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 11-02-2008 CORAM THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE M.JAICHANDREN Contempt Petition No.440 of 2002 L.K.Subramanian .. Petitioner. Versus Mr.N.Ramalingam, General Manager, The Mangement of Lakshmi Vilas Bank Ltd. Admn. Office, Salem Road, Kathapari, Karur-639 006. .. Respondent. Prayer: Petition under Section 10 and 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 70/71 to punish the respondents for having committed contempt of Court for disobeying the order, dated 27.08.2001, made in W.M.P.No.17489 and 19290 of 2001 in W.P.No.7873 of 2001. For Petitioner : Mr.Vasudevan For Respondent : Mr.P.John O R D E R Heard Mr.Vasudevan, the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and Mr.P.John, the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the respondent. 2. This contempt petition has been filed seeking to punish the respondent for wilfully disobeying the order passed by this Court, on 27.08.2001, in W.M.P.Nos.17489 and 19290 of 2001 in W.P.No.7873 of 2001. 3. It is submitted by the petitioner that he was appointed as a Clerk in the respondent bank in the year 1976 and later, he had been employed as an accountant in the year 1994. He was discharged from service in the year 1999 based on certain allegations. After exhausting the appeal remedies, the petitioner had preferred a writ petition before this Court in W.P.No.7873 of 2001, challenging the order discharging him from service. This Court by an order, dated 27.08.2001, had issued certain directions for his reinstatement in service and for payment of salary to the petitioner. The contempt petition has been filed stating that the directions issued by this Court by its order, dated 27.08.2001, had not been complied with. 4. At this stage of hearing of the contempt petition, it was submitted that as against the interim orders passed by this Court, on 27.08.2001, a writ appeal had been filed in W.A.Nos.1976 and 1977 of 2001, wherein, the First Bench of this Court had passed the following order, on 25.04.2007: "Mr.Karthick, the learned counsel appearing for the appellant/writ petitioner informs the Court that the matter has been settled out of Court and a memorandum of compromise has been entered into by the parties. The said memorandum of compromise, duly signed by the parties, is also placed on record by the learned counsel. The learned counsel, therefore, seeks leave to withdraw the writ appeals and the writ petition in terms of the said compromise. The leave sought for is granted and the writ appeals as well as the writ petition are dismissed. There will be no order as to costs. Consequently, W.M.P.Nos.17849 and 19290 of 201 in the writ petition are closed." 5. In such circumstances, this Court is of the view that no further orders are required to be passed in the contempt petition. Hence, the contempt petition is closed. Index:Yes/No 11-02-2008 Internet:Yes/no csh M.JAICHANDREN,J. csh Contempt Application No.440 of 2002 11-02-2008