2021 Supreme(Mad) 2277
P.N.PRAKASH, V.SIVAGNANAM
N. Sathyanarayanan – Appellant
Versus
Kalaiselvi – Respondent
Advocates Appeared:
For the Appellant :P.H. Aravind Pandian, Addl. Advocate General assisted by A.N. Thambidurai, Special Government Pleader and M. Suresh Kumar
For the Respondents: S. Kamadevan
JUDGMENT :
P.N. Prakash, J.
1. The facts that are necessary to decide these Contempt Appeals are as under:
a. Chettinad Cement Corporation Ltd. (for brevity "Chettinad Cement"), a business giant, gave a letter dated 05.05.2009 to the State Government, seeking permission to utilise Government poramboke lands in S.F. No. 4/2011 and thereafter, it appears that they were in occupation of the said lands, even without obtaining any permission. This made the Sub Collector, Ariyalur to pass an order dated 10.02.2015, directing the Chettinad Cement to vacate the Government poramboke land in their possession and enjoyment, challenging which, Chettinad Cement filed W.P. No. 4779 of 2015. During the pendency of the said Writ Petition, Chettinad Cement was in occupation of the lands, perhaps on account of a stay that was granted by this Court. W.P. No. 4779 of 2015 came up for final disposal before a learned Single Judge, who, by order dated 13.08.2018, not only upheld the order dated 10.02.2015 passed by the Sub Collector, Ariyalur, but, also issued the following positive directions:
"23. This being the view taken by this Court, there is no infirmity as such in respect of the impugned order passe
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