RIYAZUDDIN v. B.P. AGARWAL, REGIONAL MANAGER UTTAR PRADESH ROAD TRANSPORT FORT DEPOT
CAPL/639/2025 · 2025-02-14
Piyush Agrawal
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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:21346 Court No. - 2 Case :- CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 639 of 2025 Applicant :- Riyazuddin Opposite Party :- B.P. Agarwal, Regional Manager Uttar Pradesh Road Transport Fort Depot Counsel for Applicant :- Jai Ram Nishad,Mukesh Chandra Gupta,Shubham Prakash Gupta Hon'ble Piyush Agrawal,J. Heard learned counsel for the applicant. Vide order dated 1.10.2024 passed in Writ A No. 15641 of 2024 filed by the applicant, the writ Court directed as under:
"4. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record, I consider it appropriate at this stage to dispose of this petition with direction to the competent authority, namely, respondent no.2 to look into and consider the claim of the petitioner regarding post retirement dues and clear the admissible claims as expeditiously as possible within a period of three months of production of certified copy of this order.
5. It is further made clear that in the event claim of the petitioner is found to be validly due, the same shall be cleared as far as admissible in law within a further period of one month failing which petitioner would be entitled to the interest @ 8% upon expiry of of two months till the actual payment is made. "
Learned counsel for the applicant submits that a certified copy of the aforesaid order was submitted for compliance before the opposite party on 14.10.2024 along with the application , 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 three 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 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.
Order Date :- 14.2.2025 Rahul Dwivedi/- Digitally signed by :- RAHUL DWIVEDI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad