Madras High CourtCONT P(MD)/604/2025closed

C.Ravi Chandra Jones v. T.Udhayachandran

2025-04-07Honourable Mr. Justice Battu Devanand5 pages

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 07.04.2025

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE Mr.JUSTICE BATTU DEVANAND in W.P.(MD) No.10937 of 2024 C.Ravi Chandra Jones .. Petitioner Vs.

1.T.Udhayachandran, The Principal Secretary to the Government, Finance Department, Fort St.George, Chennai - 600 009.

2.Kumaragurubaran, The Principal Secretary to the Government, School Education Department, Fort St.George, Chennai - 600 009.

3.S.Kannappan, The Director of School Education, DPI Compound, College Road, Chennai - 600 006.

4.Jeyakumar, The Joint Director (Vocational), Directorate of School Education, DPI Compound, College Road, Chennai - 600 006.

.. Respondents

Prayer: Petition filed under Section 11 of the Contempt of Courts Act, to punish the respondents for the willful disobedience and non-compliance of the order passed in W.P.(MD)No.10937 of 2024 dated 30.04.2024 for committing the act of contempt of Court.

For Petitioner :

Mr.R.Saravanan For Respondents :

Mr.M.Siddarthan Additional Government Pleader

ORDER

This contempt case has been filed complaining willful disobedience of the order dated 30.04.2024 in W.P.(MD)No.10937 of 2024.

2. Mr.M.Siddharthan, learned Additional Government Pleader submits that against the orders passed by the learned Single Judge in the connected cases, the State preferred writ appeals and the Hon'ble Division Bench of this Court issued an order of interim stay of the order of the learned Single Judge. He would further submit that the orders pertaining to the present case also is connected to the same batch of cases

and against the order impugned in the present contempt petition also writ appeal is filed and pending.

3. In view of the factual position, in our considered view, further adjudication in this writ petition at present is not required. Accordingly, this Contempt Petition is closed. It is open to the petitioner to file contempt petition afresh, if he got favourable order in the writ appeal. 07.04.2025 NCC : Yes/No Index : Yes/No Internet : Yes gbg To 1.Mr.T.Udhayachandran, The Principal Secretary to the Government, Finance Department, Fort St.George, Chennai - 600 009.

2.Mr.Kumaragurubaran, The Principal Secretary to the Government, School Education Department, Fort St.George, Chennai - 600 009.

3.Mr.S.Kannappan, The Director of School Education, DPI Compound, College Road, Chennai - 600 006.

4.Mr.Jeyakumar, The Joint Director (Vocational), Directorate of School Education, DPI Compound, College Road, Chennai - 600 006.

BATTU DEVANAND, J.

gbg Dated : 07.04.2025