2026:JHHC:11301 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI Contempt Case (Civil) No. 1368 of 2025 1. Ravi Shankar Jha, S/o Jata Shankar Jha 2. Kalpana Jha, W/o Ravi Shankar Jha Both residents of House No. 73, Ward No. 6, Near Bharti Hotel, Bhola Panda Path, PO-Deoghar, PS-Deoghar (Town), District-Deoghar ... … Petitioners Versus 1. The State of Jharkhand 2. Mr. Naman Priyesh Lakra, Deputy Commissioner, Deoghar ... … Opposite Parties CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH SHANKAR ----- For the Petitioners : Mr. Arvind Kr Choudhary, Advocate For the Opposite Party No. 2 : Mr. Zaid Imam, AC to SC-VII ----- 03/18.04.2026 The present contempt petition has been filed for initiating a contempt proceeding against the contemnors/opposite parties alleging wilful violation of the order dated 23.01.2025 passed in W.P.(C) No. 4116 of 2024. 2. Mr. Zaid Imam, AC to SC-VII appearing on behalf of the opposite party no. 2, submits that the opposite party no. 2 has passed the order as contained in memo no. 08 dated 03.01.2026 rejecting the petitioners’ application seeking no objection certificate with respect to the land in question. The opposite party no. 2 has also passed a consequential order as contained in memo no. 01 dated 05.01.2026 whereby the petitioners’ such application has formally been rejected. 3. As against this, learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the opposite party no. 2 has illegally rejected the said application of the petitioners. The petitioners have also challenged the said orders by filing a writ petition. 4. Be that as it may. 2026:JHHC:11301 2 5. Since the opposite party no. 2 has already passed the reasoned order(s), there is no need to further proceed in the contempt petition. The contempt proceeding as against the opposite party no. 2 is hereby dropped. 6. The contempt petition is accordingly disposed of. (Rajesh Shankar, J.) April 18, 2026 Manish Uploaded on 20.04.2026