Madras High Court has ordered the arrest of Tamil Nadu Higher Education Secretary Mangat Ram Sharma for his failure to appear before it in a contempt case. <br />''<br />''<br />''He was directed to appear in person on Monday in a case pertaining to the Coimbatore based Bharatiyar University's distance education courses outside its jurisdictional areas. <br />''<br />''<br />''However, the IAS officer failed to comply with the court direction. <br />''<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Justice N Kriubakaran directed the court registry to issue a bailable warrant against him. </span><br />