ORDER :

Prayer : Contempt Petition has been filed under Section 11 of the Contempt of Courts Act, to punish the respondents for willful disobedience of the order dated 05.04.2018 in W.P.No.7986 of 2018 passed by this Court.

The Contempt Petition is filed to punish the respondents for willful disobedience of the order dated 05.04.2018 in W.P.No.7986 of 2018 passed by this Court.

2. This Court directed the respondents to reconsider the case of the writ petitioner within a period of four months and the petitioner has not pursued the orders vigilantly. Now after a lapse of about four years ten months, he cannot file a contempt petition for the purpose of punishing the respondents.

3. When the petitioner himself has not seriously pursued the orders passed by this Court, the respondents at this length of time cannot be punished by invoking the provisions of the Contempt of Court Act, since the contempt petition is to be filed within a period of one year as per the provisions of the Contempt of the Court Act.

4. The principles in this regard are settled by this Court in the case of P.Muruganandam Vs. J.Thirugnanam reported in [(2018) 1 CTC 194], wherein, this Court held as follows:

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