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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI
Cont. Case (Civil) No. 119 of 2026 ----- Shankar Kachhap, S/o Late Bodo Kachhap @ Bodo Pahan, R/o Village-Bara Ghaghra, P.O.-Doranda, P.S.-Doranda, District-Ranchi
.......... Petitioner -Versus-
1. The State of Jharkhand
2. Shri Sunil Kumar Chandra, Land Acquisition Officer, Ranchi
3. Shri Sunil Kumar, Secretary, Department of Road Construction, Government of Jharkhand, Ranchi
.......... Opp. Parties -----
CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH SHANKAR ----- For the Petitioner : Mr. Ranjit Kumar, Advocate For the State : Mr. Ratnesh Kumar, SC (L&C)-I -----
Order No.05
Date: 12.06.2026
1. The present contempt case has been filed for initiating contempt proceeding against the opposite parties for their wilful and deliberate disobedience of the order dated 11.11.2020 passed in W.P. (C) No. 2185 of 2020.
2. Mr. Ratnesh Kumar, learned S.C. (L&C)-I, refers to the
order dated 02.06.2026 passed by the opposite party No. 2. He further invites attention of this Court towards the part of the said order whereby the approval has been granted for payment of compensation of Rs.47,46,232/- towards petitioner’s share. He further submits that the bill of the said amount has been sent to Treasury Officer, Ranchi with a request to do the needful and get the said amount transferred through RTGS to the bank account of the petitioner.
3. Considering the said submission, there is no need to further proceed in the present matter. The contempt
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proceeding as against the opposite parties including the opposite party No. 2 is hereby dropped.
4. The present contempt case stands disposed of.
5. It is however observed that the opposite party No. 2 shall ensure that the aforesaid amount is duly transferred to the bank account of the petitioner within a period of two weeks from today, failing which the petitioner is at liberty to prefer a fresh contempt petition against the opposite party no. 2.
6. The petitioner is also given liberty to take further recourses as available under law for redressal of his subsisting grievance, if any.
(Rajesh Shankar, J.)
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