K.Sudha And 30 Others v. Tmt. S.Madumathi, Ias., And 2 Others
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 11.07.2025
CORAM:
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE R.SUBRAMANIAN AND THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE MOHAMMED SHAFFIQ
1. K.Sudha
2. K.Prakash
3. C.Muniyappan
4. S. Manoharan
5. T.Raji Priyadharshini
6. R.Kiruthika
7. P.Sangeetha
8. N.Priyadharshini
9. N.Ramasamy 10.K.Chidambaram 11.D.Deivanai 12.P.Tamilarasi 13.T.Mohanapriya 14.S.Suba 15.K.T.Raajmohan 16.M.Kalaiyarasi 17.V.Ashok 18.S.Santhi 19.P.Kavitha 20.M.Jeeva 1/10
21.S.Senthamil Selvi 22.S.Senthamarai 23.T.Nathiya 24.P.Thangavel 25.N.Angayarkanni 26.K.Subhashini 27.M.Narmadha 28.K.Indumathi 29.N.Sangeetha 30.G.Kavitha 31.V.Subashini ... Petitioners in Cont. Pet. No.211 of 2025
1. S.Ramya
2. A.Kannimary
3. S.Priya
4. Selvarani V
5. R.Bhuvaneswari
6. S.Sankar Ganesh ... Petitioners in Cont. Pet. No.212 of 2025
1. P.Vanitha
2. M.Ganesan
3. K.Vidhya
4. R.Chitra
5. R.Sumathi
6. S.Alexander
7. D.Anbarasi
8. U.Geetha
9. S.Kamalaveni 10.N. Ananth 11.M.Balaji 12.D.Arumugam 13.K.Vijayalakshmi 14.S.Deepa 15.R.Pradhap 16.S.Moorthy 17.K.Murugan 2/10
18.P.Dhanapal 19.M.Kasilingam 20.K.Selva Shanthi 21.P.Vidhya 22.D.Vasanthakumari 23.M.Poorani 24.N.Rajagopal 25.S.Saritha 26.R.Selvakumar 27.A.Palaniyammal 28.G.Senthil 29.S.Santhalingam 30.S.Silambarasan 31.S.Anandhan 32.M.Chitra 33.K.Indhumathi 34.S.Saradha 35.R.Thendral 36.Revathy 37.Samayamuthu 38.P.Palaniammal 39.S.Karthik 40.S.Revathi 41.C.Sivaraja 42.M.Vasanthakumar 43.P.Bhuvaneswari 44.P.Prabakaran 45.T.Sindhu Kumari 46.T.Aiswarya 47.R.Punitha 48.K.Mehala 49.M.Krishnaveni 50.P.Mohan Ram 3/10
51.V.Punitha 52.C.Malathi 53.R.Kannan 54.R.Tamilkottri 55.G.Vadivelthangam 56.S.Jegan 57.B.Devi 58.N.Munusamy 59.R.Deepan 60.M.Baskaran 61.R.Vasuki 62.K.Kathiravan 63.S.Muruganantham 64.G.Karthikeyan 65.V.Rubarani 66.M.Viakula Victory Nightingale 67.K.Pothimani 68.Ambikamani 69.S.Leelavathi 70.V.Murugan 71.N.Kavitha 72.V.Kanaga 73.D.Dinesh 74.M.Sivan 75.P.Madhu 76.V.Udhayakumar 77.D.Priya 78.R.Saravanan 79.C.Muthulakshmi 80.V.Pavunesan 81.C.Balasubramaniam 82.N.Karthik 83.C.Velu 84.M.Senthilkumar 4/10
85.K.Chinnasamy 86.P.Kumaresan 87.A.Bharathithasan 88.S.Nirmala 89.R.Deepa 90.V.Jamunarani 91.Nithiya. J 92.S.Jeyadevi 93.S.Manimaran 94.M.Thanaraj 95.V.Ravi 96.M.Jothi 97.S.Ganesh 98.C.Kiruthika 99.Renugadevi.R 100.A.Parimala 101.V.Jothimani 102.T.Chinndurai 103.S.Rani 104.P.Selvakumar 105.S.Sathya 106.R.Sathiya 107.P.Raja 108.M.Sivanandhini 109.N.Biruntha 110.M.Gomathi 111.K.K.Bala Murugan 112.S.Angelin Deepa 113.C.Yasodha 114.M.Kausalya 115.R.Gomathi 116.R.Thangaraji 117.M.P.Meenakshi 118.G.Jayashri ... Petitioners in Cont. Pet. No.213 of 2025 5/10
1. M.Ganesan
2. S.Gokul Chandran
3. K.Rasi
4. S.VijayaRani
5. C.Sridhar
6. R.Sheema
7. J.Karthikraj
8. T.Kasirajan
9. M.Jeevitha 10.D.Kandasamy 11.M.Ramalakshmi 12.S.Ananthy 13.J.Antony Ranjith Kumar 14.K.Kalithai 15.P.Venkatesh Raj 16.SP Chitra 17.M.Regina 18.P.Nalraj 19.M.Ezhilarasan 20.M.Sivaraj 21.S.Chitra 22.C.Senthilkumar 23.S.Kasitheertham 24.L.Sudha 25.M.Vasanthi 26.Ashwini 27.U.Dhivya 28.P.Pallavi 29.S.Arockia Richard 30.N.Indhumathi 31.Murali M 32.D.Pormannan 33.A.Aruna 34.G.Suresh Kannan 6/10
35.M.Amudha 36.D.Anandaraj 37.A.Karthik 38.P.Thirumani 39.M.Muthambigai 40.Jayaraman. S 41.K.Prakash 42.P.Shan Prakash 43.R.Revathi 44.S.Anitha 45.P.Umakaleeswari 46.M.Saranya ... Petitioners in Cont. Pet. No.214 of 2025
Versus
1. Tmt.S.Madumathi, I.A.S., Secretary to Government, State of Tamilnadu, School Education Department, Fort. St. George, Chennai 600 009.
2. S.Kannappan Director of School Education, Directorate of School Education, DPI Campus, College Road, Chennai 600 006.
3. Tmt.P.Sri Venkata Priya, IAS., The Secretary, Teachers Recruitment Board(TRB) 4th Floor, DPI Campus, College Road, Chennai 600 006.
... Respondents in all the petitions PRAYER: The Contempt Petitions filed under Section 11 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 to punish the respondents for committing grave 7/10
contempt and gross disobedience of the order passed by this Court in (i) WP No.26133 of 2023 (ii) WP No.28291 of 2023 (iii) WP No.27571 of 2023 (iv) WP No.27807 of 2023 dated 10.07.2024 respectively. For Petitioners : Mr.R.Ramachandran (in all the petitions) For Respondents : Mr.P.Kumaresan, Addl. Advocate General (in all the petitions) Assisted by Mr.U.M.Ravichandran Special Government Pleader, for RR1 & 2 Mr.R.Neelakandan, Addl. Advocate General Assisted by Mr.C.Kathiravan, Special Government Pleader, for R3 C O M M O N O R D E R (Order of the Court was delivered by R.SUBRAMANIAN, J.) Upon an Appeal by the Government, the order dated 10.07.2024 is stayed by the Hon'ble Supreme Court. Hence the Contempt Petitions are closed with liberty to seek reopening after the disposal of the Special Leave Petitions, if necessary.
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1. Tmt.S.Madumathi, I.A.S., Secretary to Government, State of Tamilnadu, School Education Department, Fort. St. George, Chennai 600 009.
2. S.Kannappan Director of School Education, Directorate of School Education, DPI Campus, College Road, Chennai 600 006.
3. Tmt.P.Sri Venkata Priya, IAS., The Secretary, Teachers Recruitment Board(TRB) 4th Floor, DPI Campus, College Road, Chennai 600 006.
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