Madras High CourtCONT P/1436/2024disposed of

Soundararaja Babu v. Dr.T.Prabhushankar, I.A.S.,

2026-01-22Honourable Mr Justice S. M. Subramaniam5 pages

2026:MHC:312

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 22-01-2026

CORAM

THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE S. M. SUBRAMANIAM

1. Soundararaja Babu

2. S. Vijayaraghavan

3. P. Natarajan

4. M.K.Sasidharan

5. B. Bharathi

6. C. Periasamy

7. K. Suresh and Lalitha

8. S. K. Sudhakar

9. P. Savithri 10.S. Vijaya 11.S. Vijayalakshmi 12.Arumugam (Legal Heir) 13.C. Rajalakshmi 14.N. Selvaraj 15.G. Janardhan 16.C. Arvind Kumar 17.R. Sivakumar 18.K. Radha Krishnan 19.N. Muralidharan 20.P. Yuvaraj 21.S. Sankaran 22.E. Munuswamy 23.C. P. Ravichandran

24.M.S. Rajasekaran 25.A.Sankar 26.R. Lakshmanasamy 27.M. Dillibai (Legal Heir) 28.A. Vijayakumar 29.K.. Ravikumar 30.M.N. Palanivelu 31.B. Subramanian 32.C. Rama Prabha 33.D. Amose 34.M. Vaidehi 35.Dhanalakshmi 36.R. Bhaskaran 37.M. Vaidyalingam 38.V. Radha Chandrasekharan 39.S. Balakrishnan 40.K. Baskaran 41.Mrs. Manimekala Ramkumar 42.Y. Maria Kamalam 43.Pallavan Nagar Residents' Welfare Association Represented by its General Secretary, K. Natarajan 3/48, 2nd Main Road, Pallavan Nagar, Thiruverkadu, Chennai -600077.

..Petitioner(s) Vs

1. Dr.T.Prabhushankar, I.A.S., The District Collector, Thiruvallur,

Tamil Nadu 602 001.

2. Mr. R. Govindaraj The Tahsildar, Poonamallee Taluk Office, Tamil Nadu.

..Contemnor(s) To show cause as to why they should not be punished for contempt of court for their willful disobedience of the order dated 06.07.2023 in W.P.No.8298 of 2022.

For Petitioner(s):

Mr.Pranav for Mr.Rahul Balaji For Contemnor(s):

Mr.D.Ravichander Special Government Pleader

ORDER

Learned Special Government Pleader appearing on behalf of the respondents brought to the notice of this Court that WA.No.1519 of 2025 has been instituted challenging the writ order dated 06.07.2023 in WP.No.8298 of 2022.

2. Since writ appeal is pending, contempt petition cannot be considered. After disposal of the writ appeal, the petitioners are at liberty to move a fresh contempt petition or file a petition to reopen it.

3. With the above liberty, the contempt petition is disposed of. No costs. Consequently, the connected sub-applications, if any, are closed. 22-01-2026 Index: Yes/No Speaking/Non-speaking order GD To

1. Dr.T.Prabhushankar, I.A.S., The District Collector, Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu 602 001.

2. Mr. R. Govindaraj The Tahsildar, Poonamallee Taluk Office, Tamil Nadu.

S.M.SUBRAMANIAM, J.

GD 22-01-2026