IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA COPC No.331 of 2025 Decided on: 3rd June, 2026 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Krishan Kumar …..Petitioner Versus Shri Praveen Chander Gupta .....Respondent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coram Ms. Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua Whether approved for reporting?1 For the Petitioner: Mr. R.L. Chaudhary, Advocate. For the Respondent: Mr. Dhiraj Thakur and Mr. Jyotirmay Bhatt, Advocates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jyotsna Rewal Dua, Judge Er. Atul Parmar, Environmental Engineer, HPSPCB Baddi has attended the hearing. 2. Learned counsel for the respondent has placed on record minutes of personal hearing conducted on 02.06.2026 by the respondent alongwith compendium of documents. Learned counsel for the respondent submits that due to some miscomprehension of the decision rendered in Krishan Kumar Versus State of HP & Ors.2, compliance could not be made in time. That Er. Atul 1 Whether reporters of print and electronic media may be allowed to see the order? Yes 2 CWP No.11963 of 2024, decided on 25.10.2024 2 Parmar, the present Environmental Engineer, has recently joined. In accordance with the directions issued in the aforesaid decision, personal hearing has now been accorded to the petitioner and other stakeholders on 02.06.2026. That the respondent will pass appropriate orders in accordance with the judgment within four weeks from today. In view of the assurance now given by the respondent, the present contempt proceedings are closed. Notice issued to the respondent is discharged. It is hoped and expected that the respondent shall discharge his obligations under the judgment within the aforesaid period. Liberty is, however, reserved to the petitioner to seek appropriate remedy for the redressal of his surviving grievances, if any, in accordance with law. Jyotsna Rewal Dua June 03, 2026 Judge Mukesh