FAIZAN AHMAD KHAN v. SRI. VINAY SONI, EXECUTIVE ENGINEER ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION, AYODHYA
CAPL/3743/2024 · 2025-03-05
Manish Kumar
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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:13577 Court No. - 17 Case :- CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 3743 of 2024 Applicant :- Faizan Ahmad Khan Opposite Party :- Sri. Vinay Soni, Executive Engineer Electricity Distribution, Ayodhya Counsel for Applicant :- Firoz Ahmad Khan,Abdul Alim Khan Counsel for Opposite Party :- Manish Jauhari Hon'ble Manish Kumar,J.
1. The case has been called in the revised list.
2. Neither the learned counsel for the applicant is present nor any request has been made for adjournment of the case.
3. The present contempt application has been preferred for the alleged non compliance of judgment and order dated 6.8.2021. The relevant extract of the judgment is quoted herein-below:-
"11. In view of the aforesaid, the order of final assessment dated 21.06.2021 cannot be sustained and is hereby quashed. The Assessing Officer-opposite party No. 4 shall pass fresh orders of final assessment after considering the petitioner's objection and after affording opportunity of hearing to the petitioner. It is open to the petitioner to file supplementary objection within a period of one week, which if filed shall also be taken into consideration. The Assessing Officer shall pass reasoned and speaking order also giving justification for the amount of the final assessment imposed, if any. The order shall be passed within a period of six weeks from the date of production of copy of this order before the authority concerned.
12. The writ petition is partly allowed with the aforesaid directions."
4. Initially a compliance affidavit has been filed on 5.10.2024 enclosing therein the copy of the order dated 26.02.2024 and 15.10.2024 but the order was passed without providing any opportunity of hearing to the applicant as directed by the Writ Court, the liberty was given to the respondent to pass a fresh
order after revisiting the matter in pursuance of the judgment and order passed by the Writ Court.
5. Learned counsel for the respondent has submitted that on 21.02.2025 a compliance affidavit has been filed enclosing therein the copies of the letter dated 16.022025, by which a notice was given to the applicant, the copy of the representation dated 10.02.2025 given by the applicant and thereafter the copy
of the order passed on 20.02.2025. It is further submitted that till date the applicant has not filed any objection against the compliance affidavit filed on 21.02.2025.
6. After going through the record of the case and the compliance affidavits filed by time to time, particularly the last compliance affidavit filed on 21.02.2025, it is found that after providing the opportunity to the applicant the order dated 20.2.2025 has been passed. The judgement and order passed by the Writ Court has been complied with.
7. In view of above, the present contempt application is dismissed as infructuous.
8. Notice, if any, stands discharged.
Order Date :- 5.3.2025 Muk Digitally signed by :- MOHD UMAR KHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench