HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 7047 of 2026 Court No. - 7 HON'BLE PIYUSH AGRAWAL, J. Heard learned counsel for the applicant(s). Vide order dated 29.04.2026 passed in Writ A No. 6112/2026 filed by the applicant(s), the writ Court directed as under: "7. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and without going into the merits of the case and with the consent of the parties, the writ petition is disposed off with liberty to the petitioner to file a fresh representation before the respondent No.3 namely Divisional Director Social Forestry Division, Prayagraj along-with a certified copy of this order raising all his grievances within a period of three weeks from today. In case any such representation is filed by the petitioner, the respondent no.3 shall consider and decide the same in accordance with law by reasoned and speaking order within a period of two months thereafter. 8. If it is found that petitioner's case is covered by the judgement of Apex Court in the case of Sabha Shankar Dube Vs. Divisional Forest Officer & Others in Civil Appeal Nos.10957-10963 of 2018 and judgement of this Court in the case of Mohan Swaroop and Another Vs. State of U.P. and Others passed in Writ-A No.11964 of 2018, the concerned respondent- authority shall pay minimum pay scale of Rs.18,000/- per month to the petitioner as per 7th pay commission in view of the fact that the Principal Chief Conservator of Forest filed an affidavit in Writ-A No.624 of 2023 admitting the claim of the petitioners in the said writ petition for payment of Rs.18,000/- per month as their wages on the basis of minimum pay scale in view of the settled principles of law laid down in the cases of Sabha Shankar Dube (supra) and Mohan Swaroop (supra) and, Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Balwant Singh Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : Smt. Ram Sakhi .....Applicant(s) Sri Arvind Kumar Yadav .....Opposite Party(s) consequently, paid them minimum pay scale of Rs.18,000/- per month along-with arrears since April, 2018." Learned counsel for the applicant(s) submits that a certified copy of the aforesaid order was submitted for compliance before the opposite party(s) on 05.05.2026 through registered post, but the opposite party(s) has willfully 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 for punishing the opposite party(s) for willful disobedience of the writ Court order. However, considering the facts and circumstances of the case, one more opportunity is accorded to the opposite party(s) to comply with the aforesaid order of the writ Court in its letter and spirit within three months from the date of production of a copy of this order. The applicant(s) shall supply a duly stamped registered envelope addressed to the opposite party(s) 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(s) with a copy of contempt application to the opposite party(s) within one week thereafter and keep a record thereof. The opposite party(s) shall comply with the directions of the writ Court and intimate the applicant(s) 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(s) to move a fresh application, if the order is not complied with by the opposite party(s) within the stipulated time as aforementioned. October 7, 2026 Abhishek Gupta CAPL No. 7047 of 2026 2 (Piyush Agrawal,J.) Digitally signed by :- ABHISHEK GUPTA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad