Authority: High Court of Judicature at Madras, Bench of Hon'ble Mr. Justice T. Vinod Kumar
Order Date: 12-10-2026
Case Overview
- Petitioners (including R. Govindasamy, U.T. Anandarajan, S. Sampath) filed Contempt Petition No. 187 of 2020, 237 of 2022 and 238 of 2022 under Section 11 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, alleging wilful disobedience of the common order dated 23‑03‑2017 issued in W.P. No. 7738 of 2012, W.P. No. 1939 of 2013 and W.P. No. 13401 of 2013.
- Respondents were Mangat Ram Sharma (Principal Secretary, Higher Education Department), Dr. P. Kolandaivel (Vice‑Chancellor, Periyar University), Dr. K. Thangavel (Registrar, Periyar University) and D. Karthikeyan (Principal Secretary, Higher Education Department).
- The University submitted a comprehensive statement detailing the regularisation of petitioners in posts such as Assistant, Junior Assistant, Laboratory Assistant, Superintendent, Office Assistant and Section Officer, thereby demonstrating compliance with the earlier court directions.
Final Outcome
- The Court found that the respondents had complied with the directions issued in the earlier writ petitions.
- Consequently, the contempt petitions were closed without further proceedings.
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