2026:JHHC:1188 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI Cont. Case (Civil) No. 1218 of 2025 ----- Vijay Kumar Singh @ Vijay Singh, S/o Late Shambhu Singh, R/o At HNo. 89, Kasiyan Tola, Redma, P.O. & P.S.-Daltonganj, District-Palamau, Jharkhand .......... Petitioner -Versus- 1. The State of Jharkhand 2. Sri Vijay Karkerta, the District Land Acquisition Officer, Palamau at Daltonganj .......... Opp. Parties ----- CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH SHANKAR ----- For the Petitioner : Ms. Diksha Rani, Advocate For the State : Mr. Rakesh Kr. Roy, AC to GA-III ----- Order No.03 Date: 16.01.2026 1. The present contempt case has been filed for initiating contempt proceeding against the opposite party no. 2 for his wilful and deliberate disobedience of the order dated 20.03.2025 passed in W.P. (C) No. 343 of 2025. 2. Mr. Rakesh Kumar Roy, learned A.C. to G.A.-III, refers to the order dated 31.10.2025 passed by the opposite party no. 2 (Annexure-C/1 to the show cause affidavit dated 13.11.2025) and submits that since the said order has been passed, the contempt proceeding as against the opposite party no. 2 may be dropped. 3. As against this, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the opposite party no. 2 has arbitrarily rejected the petitioner’s claim for payment of compensation for the land in question which has been utilised for widening of NH-75. 2026:JHHC:1188 2 4. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and considering that the opposite party no. 2 has already passed a reasoned order dated 31.10.2025, there is no need to further proceed in the matter. The contempt proceeding as against the opposite party no. 2 is hereby dropped. 5. The present contempt case stands disposed of. 6. The petitioner is, however, at liberty to take appropriate recourse as permissible under law against the order dated 31.10.2025 passed by the opposite party no. 2. (Rajesh Shankar, J.) 16.01.2026 Vikas/