Madras High CourtCONT P/273/2017closed

Ssm Lakshmiammal v. D.Vasundra Devi

2021-03-19Honourable Mr Justice C. Saravanan3 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 19.03.2021

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE C.SARAVANAN Cont.P.Nos.273 & 274 of 2017 and Sub Applns.(OS)Nos.46 & 47 of 2017 SSM Lakshmiammal Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Represented by its Correspondent, K.S.Elavarrasan, S/o.S.S.M.Soundappan, Post Box No.161, Bypass Road, Komarapalayam - 638 183 ... Petitioner in both Cont.Ps.

Vs 1.D.Vasundra Devi, Director of School Education, D.P.I.Compound, College Road, Chennai - 600 006.

2.C.Amutha Valli, Joint Director (ADMN), Government Exams, D.P.I. Compound, College Road, Chennai - 600 006.

... Respondents in both Cont.Ps.

Prayer in Cont.P.No.273 of 2017: Petition filed under Section 11 of Contempt of Courts Act, to punish the first and the second respondents herein for committing the contempt by their willful disobedience of the order passed in W.M.P.No.38323 of 2016 in W.P.No.44497 of 2016 dated 25.01.2017. Prayer in Cont.P.No.274 of 2017: Petition filed under Section 11 of Contempt of Courts Act, to punish the first and the second respondents herein for committing the contempt by their willful disobedience of the order passed in W.M.P.No.38324 of 2016 in W.P.No.44498 of 2016 dated 25.01.2017. 1/3

For Petitioner : Mr.Ramasamy Meyyappan for (in both Cont.Ps) Mr.G.S.Shivekumar For Respondents : Mr.P.Kavitha (in both Cont.Ps) Government Advocate COMMON ORDER The petitioner had filed two writ petitions in W.P.No.44497 of 2016 and W.P.No.4498 of 2017 for the writ of Certiorarified Mandamus to quash the order of the second respondent dated 30.11.2016/2.12.2016 cancelling the allotment of constitution of exam centre and to direct the second respondent to allot the Constitution of Exam Centre to the petitioner is good for the X and XII and for such other incident relief.

2. By an interim order dated 25.1.2017 in W.M.P.Nos.38323 &38324/2016 in these writ petitions, the petitioner school was permitted to be a centre for writing public exam for the 10thand 12th class students and that the first and second respondents in the writ petitions were directed to give necessary/further orders pertaining to the petitioner to be a centre for students who are writing exams as they have preliminary approval for the same. The order was subject to final outcome of the writ petitions. 2/3

3. These contempt petitions have been filed to punish the respondents for violating the said order of this Court. However, it is noticed that the said writ petitions itself were dismissed as infructous on 1.3.2018 recording nothing survived for adjudication. In view of the dismissal of the writ petitions, these contempt petitions also deserve to be closed.

4. Accordingly, these contempt petitions are closed. Consequently, connected sub applications are also closed.

SD/- ASSISTANT REGISTRAR(COMM.CASES) jas //Certified to be true copy// Dated at Madras this the day of 2021. COURT OFFICER(O.S.) from 25th day of September 2008 the Registry is issuing Certified copies of the Orders/Judgments/Decrees in this format.

GS/16/04/2021 To 1.The Director of School Education, D.P.I.Compound, College Road, Chennai - 600 006.

2.The Joint Director (ADMN), Government Exams, D.P.I. Compound, College Road, Chennai - 600 006.

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