KRISHNA KANT v. AVINASH SINGH, SUB DIVISIONAL OFFICER
CAPL/1646/2025 · 2025-04-10
Piyush Agrawal
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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:53654
Court No. - 10 Case :- CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 1646 of 2025 Applicant :- Krishna Kant Opposite Party :- Avinash Singh, Sub Divisional Officer Counsel for Applicant :- Sabhapati Tiwari Hon'ble Piyush Agrawal,J. Heard learned counsel for the applicant. Vide order dated 20.12.2023 passed in Writ C No. 42237/2023 filed by the applicant, the writ Court directed as under:
"Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the present petition stands disposed of finally with a direction to the respondent No.2, Sub Divisional Officer, Handia, Prayagraj to consider and decide the restoration application in accordance with law within a period of three months from the date of production of certified copy of this order after giving opportunity of hearing to the parties concerned and without granting unnecessary adjournments to either of the parties provided that there is no other legal impediment. "
Learned counsel for the applicant submits that a certified copy of the aforesaid order was submitted for compliance before the opposite party on 27.12.2023, but the opposite party has wilfully not complied with the order and, thus, has committed civil contempt liable for punishment under Section 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971. Prima facie, a case of contempt has been made out. However, considering the facts and circumstances of the case, one more opportunity is afforded to the opposite party to comply with the aforesaid order of the writ Court within three months from the date of production of a copy of this order. The applicant shall supply a duly stamped registered envelope addressed to the opposite party and another self-addressed stamped envelope to the office within one week from today. The office shall send a copy of this order along with the self-addressed envelope of the applicant with a copy of contempt application to the opposite party within one week thereafter and keep a record thereof. The opposite party shall comply with the directions of the writ
Court and intimate him of the order through the self-addressed envelop within a week thereafter. With the aforesaid observations, this application is disposed of at this stage with liberty to the applicant to move a fresh application, if the order is not complied with by the opposite party within the stipulated time as aforementioned.
Order Date :- 11.4.2025 Amit Mishra Digitally signed by :- AMIT KUMAR MISHRA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad