- Court
- High Court of Madras
- Decided
- 17 July 2023
- Bench
- G.R.Swaminathan
- Case no.
- CONT P(MD) 722/2023
Judgment
1 CONT.P.(MD)Nos.722 & 723 OF 2023 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 17.07.2023 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE G.R.SWAMINATHAN CONT.P.(MD)Nos.722 & 723 of 2023 IN W.P.(MD)Nos.6575 & 6576 of 2023 M.Vigneswari
... Petitioner in Cont.P.(MD)No.722 of 2023 M.Poonkulali ... Petitioner in Cont.P.(MD)No.723 of 2023 Vs. Dr.D.Karthikeyan, I.A.S., Principal Secretary to Government, Higher Education (I2) Department, Secretariat, Chennai – 600 009. ... Respondent in both petitions Common Prayer: Contempt petitions filed under Section 11 of the Contempt of Court Act 1971, to punish the contemnor / 1st respondent in the writ petition for his willful and deliberate disobedience to the orders of this Court in W.P.
(MD)Nos.6575 and 6576 of 2019 dated 07.11.2022. (in both petitions) For Petitioners : Mr.S.Visvalingam For Respondent : Mr.N.GA.Nataraj, Government Advocate. * * * 2 CONT.P.(MD)Nos.722 & 723 OF 2023 C O M M O N O R D E R This Court vide order dated 07.11.2022 had directed the Government to issue G.O. amending the adhoc rules in consonance with the latest AICTE regulations. The cases of the writ petitioners were ordered to be considered thereafter. Contending that the direction of this court has not been complied with, the present contempt petitions came to be filed in March 2023.
¶2The learned Government Advocate submitted that G.O.
(Ms).No.137 Higher Education(B1) Department dated
18.04.2023 has been issued amending the adhoc rules.
¶3I am satisfied that the order of this Court has been complied with. As regards the entitlement of the petitioners to be promoted, it may be agitated separately. Granting such liberty to the petitioners, these contempt petitions are closed.
17.07.2023 NCC : Yes / No Index : Yes / No Internet : Yes / No PMU 3 CONT.P.(MD)Nos.722 & 723 OF 2023 To: The Principal Secretary to Government, Higher Education (I2) Department, Secretariat, Chennai – 600 009. 4 CONT.P.(MD)Nos.722 & 723 OF 2023 G.R.SWAMINATHAN,J. PMU CONT.P.(MD)Nos.722 & 723 of 2023
17.07.2023
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