Case brief
What is this about?
Contempt Petition No. 3016 of 2025, High Court of Judicature at Madras, decided 05.11.2025 by Dr. Justice R.N. Manjula. Filed under Section 11 of the Contempt of Courts Act by A. Subramani (counsel S. Suneetha) against Thiru P.A. Naresh (Director of Elementary Education), Thiru R. Mohan (District Educational Officer, Mathur, Krishnagiri District) and Thiru S. Selvaraj (Block Educational Officer, Mathur Block) (counsel K. Suresh Kumar, AAG, assisted by P. Rajarajeswari, GA), alleging deliberate disobedience of the order dated 14.12.2023 in W.P. No. 10429 of 2021. Court informed that the reference order in W.P.(MD) Nos. 16576 & 16574 of 2019 dated 04.12.2019 stood set aside by the Writ Appellate Court in W.P.(MD) Nos. 334 & 358 of 2021 on 15.04.2024 and that a writ appeal against the writ petition order was pending. Contempt Petition closed for the present; no costs.
What did the court decide?
In view of the submission that the underlying reference order had been set aside by the Writ Appellate Court and that a writ appeal against the order in the writ petition was pending, the Court closed the Contempt Petition for the present, with no costs.