IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA COPC No.225 of 2025 Date of Decision: 27.03.2025 _______________________________________________________ Kishan Singh …….Petitioner Versus Rohan Chand Thakur & others. … Respondents Coram: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sandeep Sharma, Judge. Whether approved for reporting? 1 For the Petitioner: Mr. Ashok Kumar, Advocate. For the Respondents: Mr. Virender Singh, Advocate. ___________________________________________________________________ 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 respondents for their having intentionally and deliberately disobeyed the mandate contained in judgment/order dated 27.02.2024 passed by Co-ordinate Bench of this Court in CWP No.751 of 2024 titled Kishan Singh vs. Himachal Road Transport Corporation 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 respondent No.1- Managing Director of Himachal Road Transport Corporation, Shimla 1Whether the reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2 to consider/examine the representation dated 30.10.2023(Annexure P-3) of the petitioner in light of judgment dated 16.03.2023 passed by Division Bench of this Court in CWP No.5179 of 2022, titled Dhani Ram versus HRTC and another alongwith connected matters, within a period of three months. Since, despite there being specific direction to do the needful, as taken note above, respondent failed to do the needful in terms of aforesaid judgment, petitioner has approached this Court in the instant proceedings. 3. Mr. Virender Singh, learned counsel representing the respondents, 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 four weeks from today. 4. Consequently, in view of the fair statement made by learned counsel for the respondents, this Court sees no reason to keep the present proceedings alive and accordingly, same are closed with the direction to the respondents to do the needful in terms of judgment/order dated 27.02.2024 passed by Co-ordinate Bench of this Court positively within a period of four weeks, if not already done, failing which, they 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 3 accordance with law is taken against the erring officials. Notices issued to the respondents are hereby discharged accordingly. (Sandeep Sharma), Judge March 27,2025 (shankar)