LALIT KUMAR BAJPAI v. ARUN KUMAR, DISTRICT INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS
CAPL/1696/2025 · 2025-04-15
Piyush Agrawal
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Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:55538 Court No. - 10 Case :- CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 1696 of 2025 Applicant :- Lalit Kumar Bajpai Opposite Party :- Arun Kumar, District Inspector Of Schools Counsel for Applicant :- Amar Nath Pandey Hon'ble Piyush Agrawal,J. Heard learned counsel for the applicant. Vide order dated 22.07.2024 passed in Writ A No. 8257/2024 filed by the applicant, the writ Court directed as under:
"In view of the aforesaid facts, as an interim measure it is provided that till the next date of listing the operation and implementation of the impugned order dated 15.02.2024, passed by the Regional Level Selection Committee headed by the Joint Director of Education, Kanpur Division, Kanpur shall remain in abeyance and the petitioner will be permitted to continue to work on the post of Assistant Teacher and be paid his salary regularly."
Learned counsel for the applicant submits that a certified copy of the aforesaid
order was submitted for compliance before the opposite party on 26.07.2024, 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 :- 16.4.2025 Amit Mishra Digitally signed by :- AMIT KUMAR MISHRA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad