2025:JHHC:21354 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI Contempt Case (Civil) No. 161 of 2024 Joel Murmu, S/o Sri Biram Murmu, R/o Village-Durgapur, PO & PS- Pakur, District-Pakur ... … Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Jharkhand 2. Dr. Vimal Prasad Singh, Vice-Chancellor, Sido Kanhu Murmu University, Dumka 3. Principal, K.K.M. College, Pakur 4. Dr. Shiv Prasad Lohra, Principal-in-Charge, K.K.M., Pakur ... … Opposite Parties CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH SHANKAR ----- For the Petitioner : Mr. Mahesh Tewari, Advocate For the Opp. Party No. 1 : Mr. Abhinay Kumar, AC to GA-I For the Oppo. Party Nos.2 to 4 : Mr. Mithilesh Singh, Advocate ----- 07/01.08.2025 The present contempt petition has been filed for initiating a contempt proceeding against the contemnors/opposite parties alleging wilful violation of the order dated 09.10.2023 passed in W.P.(S) No. 5128 of 2016. 2. Mr. Mahesh Tewari, learned counsel for the petitioner, submits that the present contempt case has primarily been filed due to the reason that pursuant to the order dated 09.10.2023 passed in W.P.(S) No. 5128 of 2016, the petitioner has not been allowed to join his original post of lecturer in K.K.M., College, Pakur. 3. As against this, Mr. Mithilesh Singh, learned counsel for the opposite party nos. 2 to 4, submits that pursuant to the order dated 09.10.2023 passed in W.P.(S) No. 5128 of 2016, the University has never said that M.Ed. degree obtained by the petitioner from Sido Kanhu Murmu University, Dumka will not be recognized. In fact, the petitioner has not been taken back on the original post of lecturer in the said college as he does not possess 2025:JHHC:21354 2 the other required qualification as laid down by the NCTE. 4. Having heard learned counsel for the parties, this Court is of the view that no case of contempt is made out against the opposite parties. The contempt proceeding as against the opposite parties is hereby dropped. 5. The contempt petition is accordingly disposed of. 6. The petitioner is, however, at liberty to take appropriate recourse as available under law for redressal of his subsisting grievance. (Rajesh Shankar, J.) Manish