SANTOSH KUMAR v. EXECUTIVE OFFICER, NAGAR PANCHAYAT BABRALA
CAPL/7010/2026 · 2026-10-05
Piyush Agrawal
body2026
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 7010 of 2026 Court No. - 7 HON'BLE PIYUSH AGRAWAL, J. Heard learned counsel for the applicant(s). Vide order dated 5.5.2026 passed in Writ A No. 6677/2026 filed by the applicant(s), the writ Court directed as under:
" 5. In this conspectus, as above, no useful purpose would be served by keeping this matter pending. Therefore, this Court deems it appropriate to finally dispose of the present writ petition, without making any observation on the merits of the case, with liberty to the petitioners to move a fresh representation before the Executive Officer, Nagar Panchayat Babrala (respondent No. 3), to ventilate his grievance, as averred in the present writ petition, within a period of three weeks from today, along with a certified copy of this order and a self attested copy of the present writ petition, and, in turn, he shall consider and decide the same in accordance with law expeditiously, preferably, within a period of three months from the date of production of such representation.
6. With the aforesaid observation, present writ petition is disposed of. "
Learned counsel for the applicant(s) submits that a certified copy of the aforesaid order was submitted for compliance before the opposite party(s) along with representation on 23.5.2026, 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 Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Medha, Vijay Shantam Counsel for Opposite Party(s) :
Santosh Kumar .....Applicant(s) Executive Officer, Nagar Panchayat Babrala .....Opposite Party(s)
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 6, 2026 Rahul Dwivedi/- CAPL No. 7010 of 2026 2 (Piyush Agrawal,J.) Digitally signed by :- RAHUL DWIVEDI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad