IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA COPC No.1204 of 2025 Date of Decision: 18.11.2025 _______________________________________________________ Yan Dutt …….Petitioner Versus Sanjay Sood … Respondent ______________________________________________________ Coram: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sandeep Sharma, Judge. Whether approved for reporting? 1 For the Petitioner: Mr. R.L.Chaudhary, Advocate. For the Respondents: Mr. Rajan Kahol, Additional Advocate General with Mr. Ravi Chauhan and Mr. Anish Banshtu, Deputy Advocate Generals. _______________________________________________________ Sandeep Sharma, Judge(oral): By way of instant contempt petition, prayer has been made on behalf of the petitioner for initiation of contempt proceedings against the respondent for his having intentionally and deliberately disobeyed the mandate contained in judgment/order dated 23.05.2025 passed by Co-ordinate Bench of this Court in CWP No. 3556 of 2025 titled Yan Dutt vs. State of Himachal Pradesh and others. 2. Careful perusal of aforesaid order/judgment, alleged to have been violated, reveals that Co-ordinate Bench of this Court, while disposing of the petition, directed the respondents/ competent authority to consider and decide the representation of 1Whether the reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2 the petitioner in light of the judgments passed by this Court in CWP No. 1529 of 2020, titled Pyare Lal vs. State of Himachal Pradesh and others, CWP No. 789 of 2024, titled Netar Singh vs. State of Himachal Pradesh and others, CWP No. 9085 of 2023, Shiv Kumar vs. State of Himachal Pradesh and others and CWP No. 774 of 2024, Khub Ram vs. State of Himachal Pradesh and others, within a period of six weeks. Since, despite there being specific direction to do the needful, as taken note hereinabove, respondent failed to do the needful, petitioner has approached this Court in the instant proceedings. 3. Mr. Rajan Kahol, learned Additional Advocate General representing the respondent states that though he has every reason to believe and presume that by now aforesaid judgment/ order alleged to have been violated, must have been complied with, but if not, same would be complied with within a period of two weeks from today. 4. Consequently, in view of the fair statement made by learned Additional Advocate General, this Court sees no reason to keep the present proceedings alive and accordingly, same are closed with the direction to the respondent to do the needful in terms of judgment/order dated 23.05.2025, positively within a 3 period of two weeks, if not already done, failing which, he would further aggravate the contempt. Petitioner is at liberty to get the present proceedings revived in case aforesaid judgment is not complied with, so that appropriate action, in accordance with law, is taken against the erring officials. Notice issued to the respondent is hereby discharged accordingly. (Sandeep Sharma), Judge November 18,2025 (shankar)