P.Balachandar v. a.Karthik IAS and 1 Other
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Madras High Court, Cont.P.No.702 of 2024, decided 25.08.2025 by Justice N. Sathish Kumar. Contempt petition filed under Section 11 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 by P. Balachandar against Thiru A. Karthik, I.A.S. (Principal Secretary to Government, Higher Education Department, Secretariat, Chennai) and Prof. N. Ramakrishnan (Registrar, Tamilnadu Teachers Education University, Karapakkam, Chennai), to punish them for willful disobedience of the order dated 31.07.2023 (W.P.No.21655 of 2023 per the prayer; W.P.No.21659 of 2023 per the order body). Petition earlier closed on 24.06.2024 and re-opened. Counsel: C. Kasirajan for petitioner; D. Ravichander, Special Government Pleader, for respondents. Grievance: representation for promotion (by direct promotion) not considered; respondents stated representation was considered and promotion would be considered without time limit. Result: no merits found; petition stands closed. Keywords: contempt petition, willful disobedience, Section 11 Contempt of Courts Act 1971, representation not considered, promotion, direct promotion, higher education department, teachers education university, closure of contempt petition.