Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:6406 Court No. - 17 Case :- CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 3566 of 2024 Applicant :- Shiv Pal Opposite Party :- Sri Mangala Prasad Singh, District Magistrate, Hardoi And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Piyush Shrivastava,Mrityunjay Tiwari,Suchita Singh Hon'ble Manish Kumar,J. Order on C.M Application No. Nil of 2025 1. An exemption application along with the short counter afÏdavit on behalf of respondent no. 1 has been filed, which is taken on record. 2. Cause shown in the instant application is satisfactory. 3. The application is allowed. 4. The personal appearance of respondent no. 1 is hereby exempted. Order on Contempt Application 1. Shri Rakesh Singh, the then Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Tehsil Bilgram, District Hardoi, who is respondent no. 2 and Ms. Poonam Bhaskar, the present Sub-Divisional Magistrate are present. Ms. Poonam Bhaskar has filed a short counter afÏdavit, which is taken on record. 2. Learned State Counsel has submitted that the judgment and order dated 08.05.2024, passed by the writ court in Writ A No. 29640 of 2021 has been complied with and now nothing remains to be adjudicated in the present contempt application and the same may be dismissed as infructuous. 3. Learned counsel for the applicant, after arguing at some length, has submitted that for all practical purposes, the present contempt application has become infructuous and the same may be dismissed, but liberty may be given to the applicant to challenge the order dated 23.01.2025 by which the claim of the applicant has been rejected, by filing a writ petition. 4. As such, the present contempt application is dismissed as infructuous with liberty to the applicant to seek appropriate remedy as may be permissible under the law. 5. Notice, if any, stands discharged. Order Date :- 30.1.2025/DiVYa Digitally signed by :- DIVYA SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench