(Contempt Petition filed under Sections 10 and 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act and under Article 215 of the Constitution of India to punish the respondent herein for his wilful and deliberate disobedience and defiance of the lawful order of this Court dated 5.4.2002 in WP.No.12987 of 1995.)

COMMON ORDER

The facts giving rise to the present contempt petition and the writ petition are as follows: -

The Correspondent, Vekludaya Higher Secondary School, in the district of Tiruvarur is the petitioner. According to the petitioner, the school has been established in a place where the people are educationally and socially backward. Considering the need of the local people, the School Committee, subsequently decided to upgrade the School as Higher secondary and sought for permission from the authorities. By proceedings dated 5.7.1989 in RC.No.310135/W/13/88, the Director of School Education, in exercise of power conferred in Government Letter No.44925/HS2/89 dated 22.6.1989, granted provisional permission for upgradation of the aided High Schools into Higher Secondary Schools during the year 1989-90 on the strength of the declaration given by the Correspondents that they will not