SIDHARTH KUMAR PANDEY AND ANOTHER v. SANJAY SAGAR, EXECUTIVE ENGINEER
CAPL/5588/2025 · 2025-10-05
Piyush Agrawal
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[ 2025 DAILYLAW 100498 (ALL) · dailylaw.ai ]
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 5588 of 2025 Court No. - 7 HON'BLE PIYUSH AGRAWAL, J. Heard learned counsel for the applicant. Vide order dated 26.11.2024 passed in Writ C No. 37933 of 2024 filed by the applicant, the writ Court directed as under:
" 4. Under the circumstances, this petition is disposed of directing the respondents to decide the representation/objection filed by the petitioner expeditiously preferably within a period of three weeks from the date certified copy of this order is filed before respondent No. 2. " Learned counsel for the applicant submits that a certified copy of the aforesaid order was submitted for compliance before the opposite party on 20.2.2025, but the opposite party has willfully not complied with the order and, thus, has committed civil contempt liable for punishment under Section 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971. Prima facie, a case of contempt has been made out for punishing the opposite party for willful disobedience of the writ Court order. However, considering the facts and circumstances of the case, one more opportunity is accorded to the opposite party to comply with the aforesaid order of the writ Court in its letter and spirit within two months from the date of production of a copy of this order. The applicant shall supply a duly stamped registered envelope addressed to the opposite party and another self-addressed stamped envelope to the office within one week from today. The office shall send a copy of this order along Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Arun Mishra Counsel for Opposite Party(s) :
Sidharth Kumar Pandey And Another .....Applicant(s) Sanjay Sagar, Executive Engineer .....Opposite Party(s)
with the self-addressed envelope of the applicant with a copy of contempt application to the opposite party within one week thereafter and keep a record thereof. The opposite party shall comply with the directions of the writ Court and intimate the applicant(s) of the order through the self-addressed envelop within a week thereafter. With the aforesaid observations, this application is disposed of at this stage with liberty to the applicant to move a fresh application, if the order is not complied with by the opposite party within the stipulated time as aforementioned. October 6, 2025 Rahul Dwivedi/- CAPL No. 5588 of 2025 2 (Piyush Agrawal,J.) Digitally signed by :- RAHUL DWIVEDI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad