In a contempt petition, the court closed the proceedings stating the respondent school was compliant; the interim order only safeguarded employment rights, not salary payment, which requires separate appointment approval.
Contempt petition closed; no punishment for disobedience.
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Cont P No.1694 of 2023
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 15.09.2023
CORAM:
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE N.ANAND VENKATESH
Cont.P.No.1694 of 2023
...Petitioner
Vs.
Contempt Petition filed under section 11 of the Contempt of Courts Act, to punish the respondents for the willful disobedience of the order passed by this Hon'ble Court made in W.M.P.No.3890 of 2023 in W.P.No.3821 of 2023 dated 09.02.2023.
Cont P No.1694 of 2023
For Petitioner : Ms.T.Dharani For Respondents : Mr.P.Sathish, Additional Government Pleader
ORDER
This Contempt petition has been filed to punish the respondents
for their willful disobedience of the order passed by this Court in W.M.P.No.3890 of 2023 in W.P.No.3821 of 2023 dated 09.02.2023.
and second respondents and the relevant portion is extracted hereunder:
“ 5. I state that the even prior to filing of the writ petition, the 3rd Respondent had filed Statement of Claim for Teaching Grant for the Month of January-2023. I state that as per the said statement, the 3rd Respondent had sought grant only for one teacher viz. C.Johnson Thomas. I state that the Petitioner's name was never in the approved list. It is further relevant to state that till date third respondent school was paid the school fee grant only for one teacher and the Petitioner's name was never in the approved list of teachers.
Cont P No.1694 of 2023
6. I state that this Respondent had never included the name of the Petitioner in the approved list of teachers to pay her salary. Hence, the order of status quo passed by this Hon'ble Court was not violated as per the official records and there is no disobedience of the order passed by this Hon'ble Court.”
15.09.2023
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Cont P No.1694 of 2023
N.ANAND VENKATESH, J.
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Cont.P.No.1694 of 2023
15.09.2023
1 issue framed by the court
Whether respondents committed willful disobedience of the interim order safeguarding the petitioner's right to work.
1 provisions across 1 enactments
S.Christilda Shageela Rani
Mrs.Sugapriya
Mrs.Ananthi
Mr.Rabeet
N.Anand Venkatesh
As recorded by the court registry
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