CCP(S) No. 102/2023 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT JAMMU CCP(S) No. 102/2023 CM No. 2122/2023 In WP(C) No. 2288/2021 Date of pronouncement : 28.10.2025 Uploaded on : 30.10.2025 Ranjeet Singh Jaral …. Petitioner Through:- Mr. Asheesh Singh Kotwal, Advocate V/s Mandeep Kour & Ors. …..Respondents Through:- None. \ CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAHUL BHARTI, JUDGE JUDGMENT (ORAL) 01. The petitioner’s writ petition-WP(C) No. 2288/2021 came to be disposed of without adjudication on merits by virtue of an order dated 22.10.2021, with a direction unto the writ respondents to consider the claim and release the outstanding liability amount payable to the petitioner for the identified work, as mentioned in para 6 of the order dated 22.10.2021, by keeping in view the communication dated 21.12.2020. 02. The needful exercise was to be done within a period of six weeks, which not having been done, led to the institution of Serial No. 91 CCP(S) No. 102/2023 the present contempt petition filed on 16.03.2023 and ever since then the contempt petition is gathering weight in terms of addition of compliance reports. 03. From the end of the respondents/contemnors, a consideration order No. DRDJ/LEG/4413-18 dated 16.05.2023 has been passed with reference to the Administrative Department’s communication, holding that the petitioner’s claim is devoid of merits. 04. Mr. Asheesh S. Kotwal, learned counsel for the petitioner, submits that the consideration order is bad in the eyes of law as the same is contrary to the communication on record and, therefore, the case of the petitioner admits of only one outcome i.e., payment of the contract amount for the work done. 05. Be that as it may, given the fact that consideration order has come forward, as such, in a contempt jurisdiction to look into the merits and demerits of the consideration order would be going beyond the scope of the Writ Court’s order and, therefore, this Court reserves liberty in favour of the petitioner to come forward assailing the consideration order in a proper manner through the medium of a writ petition. 06. The time spent during the pendency of the contempt petition will not come in the way of the petitioner in filing a fresh writ petition for assailing the order No. DRDJ/LEG/4413-18 dated 16.05.2023. CCP(S) No. 102/2023 07. The present contempt petition is, accordingly, disposed of along with connected application(s). (RAHUL BHARTI) JUDGE JAMMU 28.10.2025 Bunty Whether the judgment is speaking: Yes/No Whether the judgment is reportable: Yes/No Bunty Kumar 2025.10.30 10:54 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document Jammu