HC directs official to be present in court

The Madras High Court has directed in a contempt plea that the Regional Deputy Commissioner (Central) Corporation of Chennai should be personally present with records if the petitioner's representation made for widening the Bus Route Road (BRR) at Kodambakkam High Road has not been disposed of as per an earlier court order.
The First Bench, comprising Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice Pushpa Sathyanaryana, posted the petition for further hearing to August 8.
The bench said the petitioner has alleged that the representation, which was to be disposed of by the Regional Deputy Commissioner (Central) Corporation of Chennai within two months of the receipt of the court order dated November 26, 2015 has not been disposed of.

Even the subsequent notice dated February 2 this year has remain unanswered, the petitioner has alleged. If the representation has not been disposed of in the time period specified, the official should be personally present in court with records, the court said.
The matter relates to a PIL filed by one Parthiban seeking a direction to the official to take action on his representation for widening the BRR and to keep it without any encroachment to prevent hardship to the general public.
The court had directed the official to dispose of the representation in accordance with law within a period of two months of receipt of the order.

Counsel for petitioner A. Ilaya Perumal submitted that the official as per the order conducted an inquiry but till date has not passed any orders on the representation.
The contempt plea was filed as there was no response to the petitioner's notice to the official to comply with the court order.
The bench, after issuing notice to counsel A.Nagarajan for RDC(Central), posted the contempt plea for further hearing to August 8.