HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 3028 of 2025 Court No. - 8 HON'BLE MANISH KUMAR, J. Supplementary affidavit filed today is taken on record. The present contempt application has been preferred for alleged non compliance non compliance of the judgment and order dated 26.11.2024 passed in Public Interest Litigation (PIL) No. 996 of 2025. The relevant extract of the order dated 26.11.2024 is quoted hereinbelow:- "4. The Standing Counsel, based upon the instructions, states that the proceedings under section 67 have already been initiated and are pending. 5. In view of the said statement, no further directions are required to be passed from this court except to the effect that the proceedings initiated shall be concluded expeditiously in accordance with law. 6. The writ petition stands disposed off with the said observations. " The copy of the judgment and order dated 26.11.2024 was served /filed on 30.11.2024. From perusal of the supplementary affidavit, whereby the orders passed in the proceedings under Section 67 have been enclosed, it is found that total 21 dates were fixed and out of which on 20 dates, the lawyers were abstaining from judicial work. Under these circumstances, it could not be said that the respondent has made wilful and intentional non compliance of the order passed by the writ Court. The respondent had fixed 21 dates in the matter since 20.01.2025 till 15.09.2025 and except one date, on 20 dates, the lawyers were abstaining from judicial work, hence it could not be said that there is any wilful disobedience on the part of the respondent. In view of above, the present contempt application is devoid of merits and is accordingly dismissed. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Saubhagya Mishra, Abhishek Mishra Counsel for Opposite Party(s): Vishal Tiwari .....Applicant(s) Shri Umesh Chandra Yadav, Tehsildar Tehsil Kadipur Sultanpur .....Opposite Party(s) Notice if any, stands discharged. At this stage, learned counsel for the applicant prays for and is granted liberty to approach this Court at the appropriate stage. October 8, 2025 Nitesh CAPL No. 3028 of 2025 2 (Manish Kumar,J.) Digitally signed by :- NITESH KUMAR TEWARY High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench