J.Babu and 19 others v. Thiru.Shilpa prabhakar sathis IAS and 2 others
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Reopening of a closed contempt petition (Contempt Petition No.2745 of 2022, closed 26.02.2025) before the Madras High Court by Sub Application No.591 of 2026 under Section 11 of the Contempts of Court Act, 1971 r/w 151 C.P.C; non-compliance with writ order dated 02.11.2021 in W.P.No.22185 of 2021 affirmed by the Division Bench; respondents (Finance Secretary, Commissioner of Commercial Tax, Additional Commissioner (Admin)) sought adjournments citing a proposed Hon'ble Supreme Court challenge likely listed 14.07.2026; Court found no order of stay operating and held respondents duty-bound to comply; Sub Application allowed; contempt petition to be listed after four weeks with a direction to report compliance by the next hearing date; petitioners are twenty DSTO/Assistant-rank officers of the Commercial Taxes offices, Coimbatore; single-judge bench of Justice C. Saravanan; decided 19.06.2026.