TN Chief Secretary Writes To All Departments For Timely Implementation Of Court Orders To Avoid Contempt Proceedings
The Chief Secretary to the State of Tamil Nadu, Mr. V Irai Anbu recently circulated a letter to his subordinates including Additional Chief Secretaries, Principal Secretaries, Secretaries to Government, all heads of departments and all district collectors calling upon them to implement court orders within time for avoiding contempt proceedings. The letter was in response to an observation...
The Chief Secretary to the State of Tamil Nadu, Mr. V Irai Anbu recently circulated a letter to his subordinates including Additional Chief Secretaries, Principal Secretaries, Secretaries to Government, all heads of departments and all district collectors calling upon them to implement court orders within time for avoiding contempt proceedings.
The letter was in response to an observation made by the Chief Justice expressing displeasure over delay in implementation of Court Orders by the Departments. The Chief Secretary also observed that of late, there was a delay in filing the writ appeals also which caused the petitioners in concerned cases to file contempt against Government Department for non-implementation of court orders.
"In many cases, appeals are filed with enormous delay. It would expose the lack of follow up with the cases, which results in facing of contempt proceedings before the Hon'ble Court"
Thus, the subordinates were directed to implement court orders in time whenever possible and if it could not be complied, appeals had to be filed without loss of time.
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