2026:MHC:196 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 07.01.2026 CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE S.M.SUBRAMANIAM AND THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE C.KUMARAPPAN Cont.P.No.1628 of 2022, W.P.No.13674 of 2025 and W.M.P.Nos.15363 & 15365 of 2025 Cont.P.No.1628 of 2022:

E.Soundararajan ...Petitioner in Cont.P.No.1628/2022 Vs.

1.W.N.Thirunavukarasu, Secretary/ Correspondent, Masilamani Mudaliar Higher Secondary School, Walajabad – 631 605.

[Name of the 1^st respondent is substituted as per the order dated 07.11.2022 made in Sub-Appln.No.656 of 2022.]

2.Kakarla Usha, IAS, The Principal Secretary to Government, Education Department, Fort St. George, Chennai – 600 009.

3.S.Gopi Doss, The Joint Director of School Education, (Secondary), Chennai – 600 006.

4.V.Vetrichelvi, The Chief Educational Officer, Kanchipuram.

5.S.Ravi, The District Educational Officer, Kanchipuram. ...Respondents in Cont.P.No.1628/2022 PRAYER in Cont.P.No.1628 of 2022: Contempt Petition filed under Section 11 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 praying to punish the respondents 1 and 2 herein for having committed contempt of the orders passed by this Court in W.A.No.2972 of 2021 dated 03.03.2022 by not implementing the order.

For Petitioner : Mr.R.S.Anandan For Respondents : Mr.Suhrith Parthasarathy for R1 Mr.K.H.Ravikumar, Govt. Advocate for R2 to R5 W.P.No.13674 of 2025:

W.T.Masilamani Mudaliar Higher Secondary School, Rep. by its Secretary / Correspondent, W.N.Thirunavukarasu, Walajabad, Kanchipuram District – 631 605.

.... Petitioner in W.P.No.13674/2025 Vs.

1.The State of Tamil Nadu, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, School Education Department, Secretariat, Fort St. George, Chennai – 600 009.

2.The Joint Director of School Education (Secondary), DPI Campus, Chennai – 600 006.

3.Chief Educational Officer, Kanchipuram District, Kanchipuram – 631 502.

4.District Educational Officer, Kanchipuram District, Kanchipuram – 631 502.

5.E.Soundararajan ... Respondents in W.P.No.13674/2025 PRAYER in W.P.No.13674 of 2025 : Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying to issue a Writ of Certiorari, calling for the records of the 1^st respondent contained in its order dated 12.08.2024 bearing G.O.(1D)No.187 and quash the same as illegal, arbitrary and unjust.

For Petitioner : Mr.Suhrith Parthasarathy For Respondents : Mr.K.H.Ravikumar, Govt. Advocate for R1 to R4 Mr.R.S.Anandan for R5 ******

C O M M O N O R D E R

(Order of the Court was made by S.M.SUBRAMANIAM, J.)

The Contempt Petition has been filed to punish the respondents for their wilful disobedience of the order dated 03.03.2022 passed in W.A.No.2972 of 2021.

2. The Writ Petition has been instituted challenging the order of dismissal from service. The Writ Petition came to be allowed and the School Management preferred W.A.No.2972 of 2021. The Division Bench of this Court dismissed the Writ Appeal with a direction to pay all terminal benefits together with interest (as per Rules/ Regulations in existence) due to the employee. The contempt Petition has been instituted for non-implementation of the order passed in the Writ Appeal.

3. The learned Government Advocate appearing on behalf of the State would contend that the 1^st respondent Management suspended the contempt petitioner and thereafter dismissed him from service. However, the competent Authority of the Education Department have not approved either the suspension order or the termination order. It was a dispute adjudicated between the contempt petitioner and the Management in respect of the dismissal order passed. As far as the terminal and pensionary benefits are concerned, as per the orders of the Division Bench of this Court, the School Management submitted a proposal, which was received by the District Educational Officer on 19.09.2022 and all the terminal and pensionary benefits due to the contempt petitioner was settled within one month from the date of receipt of the pension proposal from the School Management. Thus, there was no delay in sett