Heard Sri Sunil Dubey, learned counsel for the applicant.
The present contempt application has been filed for punishing the opposite party for willful disobedience of the judgment and order dated 16.12.2013 passed by this Court in Writ C No. 68781 of 2013 (Nitin Agarwal and Others Vs. State of U.P. and Others) by which this Court has directed the opposite party to consider and decide the applicant's application by a reasoned and speaking order within three months from the date of production of a certified copy of the order.
It is stated in para 20 of the affidavit filed in support of the contempt application that the applicant has served the certified copy of the judgment and order dated 16.12.2013 passed by this Court in Writ C No. 68781 of 2013 in the Office of the opposite party on 2.1.2014, but no decision has yet been taken, even after the expiry of three months.
Prima facie, a case has been made out for willful disobedience of the judgment and order dated 16.12.2013 passed by this Court in Writ C No. 68781 of 2013. However, no notice is issued at this stage and the opposite party is granted two months further time to take decision in the application of the applicant from the date of receipt of certified copy of the order of this Court.
In case the opposite party does not comply with the judgment and order dated 16.12.2013 passed by this Court in Writ C No. 68781 of 2013 and the order of the date passed in the present application within the aforesaid period, it will be open for the applicant to approach this Court again.
With the aforesaid observations, this application is finally disposed of at this stage.
Order Date :- 23.4.2014 Amit Mishra