Loknath vs Nikhil T Phunde,Collector/Chairman
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Allahabad High Court

Loknath vs Nikhil T Phunde,Collector/Chairman on 27 May, 2024

Author: Rohit Ranjan Agarwal

Bench: Rohit Ranjan Agarwal

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
 
 


?Neutral Citation No. - 2024:AHC:95337
 
Court No. - 51
 

 
Case :- CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 3820 of 2024
 

 
Applicant :- Loknath
 
Opposite Party :- Nikhil T Phunde,Collector/Chairman
 
Counsel for Applicant :- Satish Kumar Mishra
 

 
Hon'ble Rohit Ranjan Agarwal,J.
 

Heard learned counsel for the applicant.

The present contempt application has been filed under Section 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act for punishing the Opposite Party for willful disobedience of the judgment and order dated 09.11.2023 passed by this Court in Writ Petition No. 37489 of 2023.

It is contended that applicant had approached writ Court through aforesaid writ petition, which was disposed of vide order dated 09.11.2023. Copy of the order of writ Court was served upon opposite party through registered post on 28.11.2023, but according to the applicant, the said order has not been complied with by the opposite party till date.

Prima facie, a case has been made out for punishing the opposite party for willful disobedience of the judgment and order passed in the aforesaid writ petition.

However, no notice is issued to the opposite party at this stage. The opposite party is granted three months' further time to comply with the order dated 09.11.2023 passed by this Court in Writ Petition No. 37489 of 2023 from the date of production of a certified copy of this order.

The applicant shall supply a duly stamped registered envelope addressed to the opposite party and another self-addressed envelope to the office within two weeks from today. The office shall send a copy of this order along with the self-addressed envelope of the applicant with a copy of contempt application to the opposite party within one week thereafter and keep a record thereof.

The opposite party shall comply with the directions of the writ court and intimate the applicant the order through the self-addressed envelop within a week thereafter.

In case, the opposite party does not comply with the order, it would be open to the applicant to approach this court again.

With the aforesaid observations, this application is finally disposed of at this stage.

Order Date :- 27.5.2024

V.S.Singh