HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 5778 of 2025 Court No. - 37 HON'BLE DINESH PATHAK, J. 1. Instant contempt application has been filed alleging wilful disobedience of the order dated 21.04.2025 passed by this Court in Writ-A No.5047 of 2025 (Uma Shankar Ram vs. State of U.P. And 3 Others). Vide order dated 21.04.2025, this Court has directed to decide the representation of the petitioner (applicant herein), which is quoted herein below :- "The petitioner claims that he is entitled to arrears of salary as per recommendation of 7th Pay Commission from July 2018 to June, 2023. A representation in this regard has been made but to no avail. Shri Subhranshu Shekhar, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel on behalf of the respondent-State submits that the matter requires factual determination as per applicable law by the competent authority in the first instance. He, however, fairly contends that the issue regarding his arrears of salary as per recommendation of 7th Pay Commission has to be determined by the competent authority within a reasonable time frame. In wake of the preceding discussion and without going into the merits of the case, the respondent No.3-District Magistrate, Ghazipur is directed decide the representation of the petitioner regarding his arrears of salary as per recommendation of 7th Pay Commission from July 2018 to June, 2023 as per law within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order along with a fresh copy of representation. With the aforesaid directions, the writ petition is finally disposed of." 2. Record evince that representation moved by the present applicant has been decided by the opposite party, vide order dated 31.07.2025, in Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Umesh Singh Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : Uma Shankar Ram .....Applicant(s) Avinash Kumar, District Magistrate .....Opposite Party(s) compliance of the order dated 21.04.2025. Now, in my opinion, no cause of action survives to maintain the instant contempt application. Present applicant can resort to appropriate remedy for payment of arrears, in compliance of the order dated 31.07.2025 passed by the opposite party. 3. Accordingly, instant contempt application is hereby dismissed. October 13, 2025 VR CAPL No. 5778 of 2025 2 (Dinesh Pathak,J.) Digitally signed by :- VIBHA RATAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad