UKHC010012382025 2026:UHC:5486 1 HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Civil Contempt No.39 of 2025 07 July, 2026 Prashant Kumar Aggarwal and Others --Petitioners Versus Pankaj Pandey and Others --Respondents ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Presence:- Mr. Abdul Ali, learned counsel holding brief of Mr. Bhupesh Kandpal, learned counsel for petitioners. Mr. J.S. Bisht, learned Standing Counsel with Mr. Devesh Ghildiyal, learned Brief Holder for the State of Uttarakhand/respondents-contemnors. Hon’ble Pankaj Purohit, J. (Oral) Today the matter is listed on urgency application moved by petitioners. Compliance affidavit has been filed by respondents-contemnors along with Misc. Application (IA/2/2026), which is taken on record. Misc. Application (IA/2/2026) stands allowed. 2. The contempt petition was filed by petitioners alleging non-compliance of order dated 26.02.2024 passed in WPSS No.267 of 2024 Mukesh Uniyal and Others Vs. State of Uttarakhand and Others, whereby, the respondent No.2-Engineer –In-Chief, PWD Department was directed to consider the claim of petitioners for regularization on the post of Junior Engineer (Civil) in accordance with the Regularization Rules of 2013 as well as in terms of the judgment dated 22.02.2024 passed by this Court in the case of Narendra Singh and Another Vs. State and Others (WPSB No.616 of 2018) decided on 22.02.2024. 3. Petitioners alleged that the aforesaid direction has not been complied with and the contempt petition UKHC010012382025 2026:UHC:5486 2 has been filed. 4. Learned State Counsel has filed compliance affidavit on 31.03.2026. In its Para Nos.5 and 6, it has been stated that the case of petitioners was considered and rejected vide order dated 15.01.2026, in view of the fact that petitioners have not completed 10 years of service till 2018 under the Daily Wage, Work Charged, Contract, Fixed Pay, Part Time and Ad-hoc Employee Regularization (Amendment) Rules, 2025. The said order is attached as Annexure CA-3 to the compliance affidavit. 5. Since, the order has complied with by respondents-contemnors and the claim of petitioners has been considered and accordingly rejected, therefore, nothing remains to be decided in the present contempt petition. 6. Accordingly, the present contempt petition is closed. 7. Urgency applications (IA No.1 of 2025 and IA No.3 of 2026) stand disposed of. (Pankaj Purohit, J.) 07.07.2026 PN PREETI NEGI Digitally signed by PREETI NEGI DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, ou=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, 2.5.4.20=63c75a8c4765581180a58d7478fadbe38331bac55c78b5f 9f0276c16432f6aab, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=2BA53171893B3C3CB3CCCAE81FAE064498483A83 D84BDB0F9229D5BF08D959AC, cn=PREETI NEGI Date: 2026.07.07 18:23:55 +05'30'