Lawyers for suspended police chief Jackie Selebi served a contempt of court application on the State for failing to hand over documents, the Star reported on Tuesday.

According to the report, the application was served after the State failed to hand over documents they were ordered to provide to Selebi's lawyers by the Johannesburg High Court.

Selebi's lawyer Wynanda Coetzee said the national police commissioner was still considering his options in regard to the National Prosecuting Authority's (NPA) failure to hand over information he asked for.

NPA spokesperson Tlali Tlali said the State would put up a fight if Selebi insisted on pursuing his contempt application.

"If the defence proceeds with the application for committal, the State will certainly oppose it," he said.

Selebi wanted information from the NPA to analyse ahead of his 14 April trial when he would face charges of corruption and defeating the ends of justice.