Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:53698 Court No. - 10 Case :- CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 1641 of 2025 Applicant :- Dr Meenu Agrawal Opposite Party :- Dr. Amit Bharadwaj, Director, Higher Education And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Bhanu Bhushan Jauhari Hon'ble Piyush Agrawal,J. Heard learned counsel for the applicant. Vide order dated 18.04.2024 passed in Writ A No. 21769/2023 filed by the applicant, the writ Court directed as under: "The delay here is 14 months. In the totality of circumstances, it is ordered that the Director of Higher Education, U.P., Prayagraj and the Finance Controller, Directorate of Higher Education, U.P., Prayagraj shall be liable to pay simple interest to the petitioner @ 6% per annum from the date the petitioner's pension, gratuity and commutation fell due, to wit, 26.01.2023 until payment of the said amount. The said interest shall be paid within a month of the date of this order. In case of further delay in payment of interest, simple interest @ 9% per annum will become payable from January, 2023 until it is paid to the petitioner. " Learned counsel for the applicant submits that a certified copy of the aforesaid order was submitted for compliance before the opposite party on 19.09.2024, 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 two 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