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[2025:RJ-JP:19508-DB] HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR D.B. Civil Contempt Petition No. 361/2025
1. Shri Kanahiya Lal Mahla S/o Shri Ramnath Mahla, Aged About 65 Years, R/o Village Alfsar, Tehsil Fatehpur Shekhawati Dist. Sikar (Raj.)
2. Shri Birbal Singh S/o Shri Narayan Ram, Aged About 73 Years, R/o Village Tajsar, Tehsil Fatehpur Shekhawati Dist. Sikar (Raj.)
3. Shri Bhagirath Mal Jangid S/o Shri Laxman Ram Jangir, Aged About 66 Years, Village And Post Alfsar, Hirna Dist. Sikar (Rajasthan)
4. Shri Arjunlal Sharma S/o Shri Bhagwana Ram, Aged About 58 Years, Post Bibipur Chota, Dist. Sikar (Rajasthan)
5. Smt. Radha Sharma W/o Vimal Prakash, Aged About 70 Years, R/o Jhajahr Road, Dankaur, Budda Nagar (Utter Pradesh)
6. Shri Mahabir Prasad Jangid S/o Sanwar Mal, Behind The Gas Goddam, Fatehpur Shekhawati, Dist. Sikar (Raj.)
7. Dinesh Chandra Agnihotri S/o Ram Bilas Agnihotri, Aged About 67 Years, R/o Ward No. 33, Fatehpur Shekhawati, Dist. Sikar (Raj.)
8. Ramkishor Gupta S/o Vasudev Gupta, Aged About 63 Years, Address Dhanuka Mandir Ke Pass, Fatehpur Shekhawati, Dist. Sikar (Raj.) ----Petitioners Versus
1. Shri Vishram Meena, Secretary, Department Of Sanskrit Education, Government Of Rajasthan, Secretariat, Jaipur. 2. Smt Priyanka Jodhawat, Commissioner, Sanskrit Education, Govt. Of Rajasthan, Second Floor, Block - 6, Shiksha Sankul, J.l.n. Marg, Jaipur (Raj.)
3. Shri Devi Dutt Jangid, Mantri Secretary, Managing Committee, Jangid Vedic Varistha Upadhayay Sanskrit Vidhyalaya Fatehpur Shekhawati Distt. Sikar. 4. Shri Bajrang Lal Sharma Secretary, Managing Committee, Seth G.r. Chamadia And Acharya Sanskrit Vidhyalaya, Fatehpur Shekhawati, District Sikar. [2025:RJ-JP:19508-DB] (2 of 3) [CCP-361/2025]
5. State Of Rajasthan, Through Secretary, Department Of Sanskrit Education, Government Of Rajasthan, Secretariat, Jaipur. ----Respondents For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Rahul Sharma & Mr. Ravindra Malviya for Mr. Rajneesh Gupta For Respondent(s) :
HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MR. MANINDRA MOHAN SHRIVASTAVA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MUKESH RAJPUROHIT Order 08/05/2025
1. The contempt petition has been filed alleging disobedience of an order passed by this Court on 06.11.2015 in the case of State of Rajastan & Another Vs. The Management Committee Sh. Bhawan Das Todi College (D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 663/2015) & two other connected appeals. 2. The order passed by this Court was a judgment in rem. 3. The respondents shall consider the case of the petitioners.
Instead of issuing notice on contempt, we are inclined to dispose of this petition with a direction that the case of the petitioners shall also be examined in terms of an order dated 01.12.2021 passed by this Court in the case of Shri Banwari Lal Bhukar & Anr. vs. Anoop Khinchi & Ors.-D.B. Civil Contempt Petition No.740/2016 and other connected matters wherein, this Court had given detailed directions as below:-
“1. It shall be an obligation on the part of the Commissioner, College Education to immediately release the dues payable to the petitioners as per the directions issued by this Court from time to time and the directions which
[2025:RJ-JP:19508-DB] (3 of 3) [CCP-361/2025] have already been issued by the Hon’ble Supreme Court on 09.09.2021 in the case of State of Rajasthan Versus Manju Saxena & Ors., Special Leave to Appeal (c) No.13791/2019, wherein, the Hon’ble Supreme Court had directed compliance to be made within a period of eight weeks. 2. A brief, but clear order regarding compliance of the order in respect of each of the contempt petitioners will have to be passed by the concerned Directorate within a period of ten weeks from today. 3. The orders in respect of each of the contempt petitioners, which are required to be passed clearly stating compliance of the order, shall be reported directly to the Registry of this Court, which shall be placed before this Court under a separate registered case. 4. With the aforesaid observations and directions, this contempt petition, at this stage, is disposed off, however, with liberty to revive, if any grievance still remains unredressed.”
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All the authorities including the Secretariat of the Department of College Education as also the private school education officials shall be under an obligation to provide necessary information, if any demanded by Commissionerate of College Education, towards compliance of the order which was passed earlier by this Court and in the case referred to hereinabove. (MUKESH RAJPUROHIT),J (MANINDRA MOHAN SHRIVASTAVA),CJ NAVAL Gandhi/Gaurav/37