Madurai: The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court on Tuesday decided to hear the views of the Action Committee of Tamil Nadu Teachers Organisations- Government Employees Organisations (Jacto-Geo) before it decides on initiating contempt proceedings against the protesting government employees.
A division bench comprising Justices K K Sasidharan and G R Swaminathan also directed A K Viswanthan, Greater Chennai police commissioner, to issue the court notice to the government employees' organisations to ensure it reaches them for their appearance before this court on September 15.
The court issued this direction on a contempt petition filed by an advocate T Sekaran against (Jacto-Geo) for participating in the strike disobeying the order of this court.
The court last Thursday issued injunction restraining the government employees associations from restoring to indefinite strike for redressing their grievances.
The judges in their order clearly stated that the government employees have no fundamental rights to participate in the strike and that it was also prohibited under the Rule 22 of Tamil Nadu Government Servants Conduct Rules, 1973.
When the contempt petition was heard today, the government public prosecutor informed the judges that the State Chief Secretary had communicated the court order to the Jacto-Geo office-bearers on September 7 itself. The government also uploaded on its website that the government employees organising strike was prohibited under the rules.
Recording the submission, the judge directed the public prosecutor to give the court's notice to the city police commissioner who will pass it on directly to the Jactto-Geo office-bearers.
