Cont.P.No.2810 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED : 28.11.2025 CORAM : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE M.S. RAMESH AND THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE N.SENTHILKUMAR Cont.P.No.2810 of 2025 M.Somu @ Somasundaram ... Petitioner Vs. Thiru.Deeraj Kumar, I.A.S., Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai – 600 009. ... Respondent Prayer: Contempt Petition filed under Section 11 of Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, praying to punish the respondent for wilfully disobeying the order dated 24.02.2025 in W.P.No.3145 of 2025 For Petitioner : Mr.P.Pugalenthi For Respondent : Mr.Babu Muthumeeran, Additional Public Prosecutor https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Cont.P.No.2810 of 2025 ORDER (Order of the Court was made by M.S.RAMESH, J.) The limited direction in the order passed in W.P.No.3145 of 2025, dated 24.02.2025, is to consider the petitioner’s representation dated 28.12.2024 and pass orders on merits. 2. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor produced a copy of the Government Order in G.O.(D) No.802, Home (Prison-IV) Department, dated 30.06.2025, wherein the petitioner’s representation has been considered and rejected. 3.In view of the aforesaid development, the disobedience alleged against the respondent cannot be termed to be wilful in nature. Accordingly, the Contempt Petition stands closed. [M.S.R, J.] [N.S, J.] 28.11.2025 Index: Yes/No Speaking order/Non-speaking order Sni https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Cont.P.No.2810 of 2025 To 1.Thiru.Deeraj Kumar, I.A.S., Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, Secretariat, Chennai – 600 009. 2.The Public Prosecutor, High Court of Madras. https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis Cont.P.No.2810 of 2025 M.S.RAMESH, J. and N.SENTHILKUMAR, J. Sni Cont.P.No.2810 of 2025 28.11.2025 https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis