Court No. - 10
Case :- CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 6005 of 2019 Applicant :- Devendra Singh Opposite Party :- Vijay Vishwas Pant, D.M. And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Alok Kumar Srivastava Hon'ble Mahesh Chandra Tripathi,J.
Heard learned counsel for the applicant.
Impleadment application is allowed. The same may be carried out forthwith.
By order dated dated 5.4.2019 passed in Public Interest Litigation (PIL) No. 737 of 2019 filed by the applicants, this Court directed as under:
"The Consolidation of Holdings Act, 1953 is a complete code in itself. Accordingly, we permit the petitioner to move an application before the respondent no. 2 for redressal of his grievance. We hope and trust that if any such representation is made, the respondent no. 2 shall pass the order in accordance with law expeditiously, preferably within four months from the date of production of certified copy of this order."
Learned counsel for the applicant submits that a certified copy of the aforesaid order was submitted for compliance before the opposite party but the opposite party has wilfully not complied with the order and, thus, has committed civil contempt liable for punishment under Section 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971.
Prima facie a case of contempt has been made out. However, considering the facts and circumstances of the case, one more opportunity is afforded to the opposite party to comply with the aforesaid order of the writ Court within six weeks 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 stamped envelope to the office within three 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 order to the applicant through the self- addressed envelope within a week thereafter.
With the aforesaid observations, this application is disposed of at this stage with liberty to the applicant to move a fresh application, if the order is not complied with by the opposite party within the stipulated time as aforementioned.
Order Date :- 30.9.2019 Arif