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2025 DAILYLAW 18459 (ALL)

UJJWAL SINGH PATEL AND ANOTHER v. DR. VANDANA VERMA, DIRECTOR BACKWARD CLASS WELFARE U.P. AND ANOTHER

CAPL/657/2025 · 2025-02-14

Piyush Agrawal

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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:21342 Court No. - 2 Case :- CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 657 of 2025 Applicant :- Ujjwal Singh Patel And Another Opposite Party :- Dr. Vandana Verma, Director Backward Class Welfare U.P. And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Abhishek Pandey,Sudhir Kumar Shukla Hon'ble Piyush Agrawal,J. Heard learned counsel for the applicant. Vide order dated 08.02.2024 passed in Writ C No. 3524/2024 filed by the applicant, the writ Court directed as under: "Subject to such application being filed within a period of two weeks from today before respondents no. 3 and 4, they may examine the matter and pass consistent orders with respect to claim made by the petitioners. Thus, if petitioners are found entitled for central government scholarship, they may be permitted to return State's scholarship together with all money paid to them till date on the stipulation that they would be awarded the scholarship under the Central Government Scheme. However, if their claim/s to be awarded under Central Scholarship is/are to be rejected, the scholarship awarded by the State Government shall not be reversed. Such action may be completed within a period of two months from the date of compliance made by the petitioners. Disposed of. " Learned counsel for the applicant submits that a certified copy of the aforesaid order was submitted for compliance before the opposite party on 09.03.2024, but the opposite party has wilfully 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. However, considering the facts and circumstances of the case, one more opportunity is afforded to the opposite party to comply with the aforesaid order of the writ Court within two 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 him 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 Amit Mishra Digitally signed by :- AMIT KUMAR MISHRA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad