JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Petition filed under Section 11 of the Contempt of Courts Act, to punish the contemnors/respondents for their deliberate and willful disobedience of the order of this Court made in W.P.(MD)No.10915 of 2007, dated 03.12.2012.)

1. This Contempt case has been filed complaining willful disobedience of the order, dated 03.12.2012 in W.P.(MD)No.10915 of 2007 in true letter and spirit.

2. On behalf of Respondent No.1, affidavits and additional affidavits have been filed along with material papers.

3. Heard Mr.K.Ragatheesh Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr.Veerakathiravan and Mr.J.Ravindran, learned Senior Counsel assisted by Mr.V.Nirmal Kumar, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the respondents and perused the materials available on record.

4. While allowing the Writ Petition on 03.12.2012, this Court directed the respondents to regularize the service of the petitioner w.e.f. 01.04.1979 on par with that of the similarly placed persons and extend the monetary benefits by passing suitable orders within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of the order.

5. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the order of the Court is not com