New Delhi, Sep 30 (Reporter) The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Karnataka government not to do anything in defiance of its earlier order related to holding Board examinations for classes 5, 8 and 9. A bench, comprising Justice Bela M Trivedi and Justice Satish Chandra Sharma, allowed petitioners to file a contempt application against the Karnataka government's proposal on its decision to conduct Board Exams for classes 5, 8 and 9 in the current academic year in defiance of the court's interim order. The petitioners informed the apex court today that the Karnataka government had issued notifications in three rural districts to hold public examinations, where question papers will be set by the administrative office. Advocate K V Dhananjay, appearing for the petitioners (students), informed the court that the Karnataka government has decided to hold Board Examinations for Classes 5, 8 and 9, which is in contempt of the apex court's interim order. Justice Bela Trivedi told the Karnataka Government, "You shall not do anything which will be in defiance of the court order. Otherwise, strict action will be taken." The court allowed the petitioners to apply for contempt and posted the matter to be heard next week. The matter pertains to an interim order passed by the Supreme Court on March 12, by which it had stayed the Board exams proposed to be held by the Karnataka government for students of classes 5, 8 and 9 of the schools affiliated to the State Board. A bench of Justice Bela Trivedi and Justice Pankaj Mithal had directed the division bench of the High Court to decide expeditiously the main appeals filed by Karnataka against the single judge's order without being influenced by the observations made by the Supreme Court. The matter pertains to an issue that arose after the Karnataka government issued two notifications, appointing the KSEAB (Karnataka School Examination & Assessment Board) as the competent authority to conduct the "Summative Assessment-2" exams for students of classes 5, 8, and 9 and the annual examination for class 11, studying in government, aided and unaided schools and colleges, following the Karnataka State Board syllabus. Allowing appeals, filed by the Associations of Private Schools and Parents, the Supreme Court set aside the March seven order of the division bench of the Karnataka High Court, which hsd stayed an order of the single judge of the High Court. The single judge on March six had quashed the government's decision to hold Board Examinations for Classes 5, 8, and 9. Eventually, on March 22, the division bench of the High Court upheld the Karnataka government's decision to conduct the Board Examination for Classes 5, 8 and 9. On April eight, the Supreme Court again stayed the announcement of results for the Board Examination for Classes 5, 8, and 9 including the March 22 order of the Karnataka High Court which upheld Board Examinations for Classes 5, 8 and 9. It was argued that the Summative Assessment-2 has all the trappings of a board examination, akin to those conducted by the CBSE or ICSE for students of class 10, and therefore the same was contrary to the RTE Act...////...