This court disposed of six common contempt petitions filed against the State and University authorities. The court held that since the interim stay order previously violated by the respondents was vacated on 30.10.2018, there is no willful disobedience of a subsisting order. The contempt petitions were accordingly closed.
Contempt petitions closed. No costs.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED 10.04.2019
CORAM
THE HONOURABLE Mrs. JUSTICE PUSHPA SATHYANARAYANA
Cont.P.Nos.593, 1603 to 1608 of 2016
1.P.Subramaniyan ..Petitioner in Cont.P.No.593/2016 2.S.Veerapandiyan ..Petitioner in Cont.P.No.1603/2016 3.R.Dharumarasan ..Petitioner in Cont.P.No.1604/2016 4.T.Natesan ..Petitioner in Cont.P.No.1605/2016 5.V.Sarala ..Petitioner in Cont.P.No.1606/2016 6.R.Ambiga ..Petitioner in Cont.P.No.1607/2016 7.A.Geetha Ramani ..Petitioner in Cont.P.No.1608/2016 Versus 1.Apoorva, I.A.S., The Principal Secretary to Government, Department of Higher Education, Fort St. George, Chennai – 600 009. 2.Apoorva, I.A.S., Officiating as the convener of the VC Committee as the post of Vice Chancellor is vacant Rep. The Vice Chancellor, Thiruvalluvar University, Serkadu – 632 115. 3.Dr.A.Amuldoss, The Thiruvalluvar University, Rep. by its Registrar, Serkadu – 632 115, Vellore District. .. Respondents in all Cont.Ps.
Common Prayer: Contempt petitions filed under Section 11 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1976, to punish the respondents herein for their willful disobedience to the order passed by this Hon'ble Court in M.P.Nos.711 to 717 of 2016 in W.P.Nos.950 to 956 of 2016 dated 11.01.2016.
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For Petitioner in all Cont.Ps. : Mr.S.Sathia Chandran
For R1 in all Cont.Ps. : Mrs.P.Kavitha Government Advocate For RR2 & 3 in all Cont.Ps. : Mr.M.C.Samy
COMMON ORDER
The contempt petitions have been filed seeking to punish the respondents for willful disobedience of the order of this Court in M.P.Nos.711 to 717 of 2016 in W.P.Nos.950 to 956 of 2016 dated 11.01.2016. 2. Originally, the order of stay was granted on 11.01.2016 in W.P.Nos.950 to 956 of 2016 following the earlier order passed in W.P.No.20604 of 2015 dated 22.12.2015, directing the respondents to reserve one post for the petitioner therein. Subsequently, vacate stay petitions were filed by the University in W.M.P.Nos.22904 to 22910 of 2016 pursuant to which, the interim stay granted was vacated on 30.10.2018.
been filed by the petitioners contending that 12 posts of Assistant Professor of Tamil were filled without reserving the post for the petitioners in flagrant violation of the interim order passed by this Court on 11.01.2016.
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2 issues framed by the court
Whether contempt proceedings should continue when an earlier interim stay order has been vacated.
The jurisdiction of the court to punish for violation of an order that no longer subsists.
P.Subramaniyan
Apoorva, I.A.S.
Pushpa Sathyanarayana
As recorded by the court registry
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