JUDGMENT :

ANIL K. NARENDRAN, J.

1. Respondents 6 to 9 in W.P. (C) No.38692 of 2023 are before this Court in this writ appeal, invoking provisions under Section 5(i) of the Kerala High Court Act, 1958, challenging the interim order dated 27.03.2025 of the learned Single Judge in that writ petition, which was one filed by respondents 1 and 2 herein-writ petitioners seeking a writ of certiorari to quash Ext.P12 order dated 15.11.2023 of the 1^st respondent State to the extent it directs the 6^th respondent District Educational Officer, Kannur, to take over the management of Parassinikadavu Higher Secondary School and High School. The interim relief sought for in that writ petition is an order seeking stay of the operation and implementation of the direction issued in Ext.P12 order, to the extent it directs the 6^th respondent District Educational Officer to take over the management of Parassinikadavu Higher Secondary School and High School.

2. When W.P. (C) No.38692 of 2023 came up for admission, the learned Single Judge granted an interim stay of Ext.P12 order, as sought for in that writ petition, which is still in force. The appellants-respondents 6 to 9 filed W.P. (C) No.12881 of 2024 c