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IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA
COPC No. 933 of 2024
Date of Decision: 4.1.2025 _____________________________________________________________________ Desh Raj ……...Petitioner Versus Rohan Chand Thakur and Ors.
…....Respondents
Coram
Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sandeep Sharma, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?
For the Petitioner: Mr. Ashok Kumar and Rakesh Kumar, Advocates.
For the Respondents: Mr. Dheeraj K. Vashishat, Advocate. ___________________________________________________________________________
Sandeep Sharma, J. (Oral)
By way of present contempt petition, prayer has been made by the petitioner for initiation of contempt proceedings against the respondents for their having willfully and intentionally disobeyed the directions contained in order/judgment dated 18.3.2024, rendered by a Coordinate Bench of this Court in CWP No. 1666 of 2024 (Desh Raj v. HRTC and Ors.), whereby coordinate Bench of this Court disposed of the petition with direction to the competent authority to consider and decide the case of the petitioner in light of judgment dated 26.12.2019, passed by the Division Bench of this Court in CWPOA No.195 of 2019, titled as Smt. Sheela Devi v. State of Himachal Pradesh and Ors., within eight weeks.
2 Since despite repeated requests, aforesaid direction never came to be complied with, petitioner is compelled to approach this Court in the instant proceedings.
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Mr. Dheeraj K. Vashishat, Advocate, while putting in appearance on behalf of the respondents states that though he has every reason to presume that by now, judgment alleged to have been violated must have been complied with in its totality, but if not, same would be positively complied with within a period of six weeks from today.
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Consequently, in view of the fair stand adopted by the learned Additional Advocate General, this Court sees no reason to keep the present petition alive and accordingly, same is closed. However, respondents- contemnors are directed to do the needful in terms of judgment alleged to have been violated within a period of six weeks, failing which they would aggravate the contempt and petitioner would be at liberty to get the present petition revived so that appropriate action in accordance with law is taken against the erring officials.
January 4, 2025
(Sandeep Sharma), (manjit)
Judge