Patna High Court
M/s. Dina Iron and Steel LimitedversusThe Bihar State Electricty Board (now Sough Bihar Power Distribution Company Limited)
- Decided
- Disposal
- DISPOSED
- Bench
- RAJIV ROY
Holding
The Court held that the respondents had complied with the earlier order, so the contempt petition was dismissed.
Summary
The petitioner, M/s Dina Iron and Steel Ltd., filed a petition seeking contempt proceedings against the Bihar State Electricity Board and related officials for allegedly willfully disobeying a High Court order dated 27 July 2023. The earlier order, issued in M.J.C. No. 2079 of 2016 (arising out of C.W.J.C. No. 14672 of 2008), required the respondents to take certain actions. The respondents appeared before the Court, presented a compliance chart signed by the concerned officials, and the parties agreed that the order had been fully complied with. Consequently, the Court found no ground to proceed with contempt proceedings. The petition was therefore disposed of, and the personal appearance of the respondent engineer was dispensed with.
Issues considered
- Whether the respondents were in contempt of the High Court order dated 27 July 2023
Subjects
- contempt of court
- civil writ jurisdiction
- compliance
- high court order
- electricity board
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Miscellaneous Jurisdiction Case No.3328 of 2025
In
Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.14672 of 2008
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M/s. Dina Iron and Steel Limited Abul Rahmanpur Road, Didarganj, P.S.
Malasalami, Patna City, District Patna, through its Director, Sanjay Bhartiya,
aged about 55 years, Son of Late Deen Dayal Bharatiya, resident of Rambag
Chouk, Jhauganj, Patna City, District Patna.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
1. The Bihar State Electricty Board (now Sough Bihar Power Distribution
Company Limited) Vidyut Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna, through Sri
Mahendra Kumar its Managing Director, Officiating at Vidyut Bhawan,
Bailey Road, Patna.
2. Shri Arvind Kumar, General Manager-cum-Chief Engineer (now General
Manager, Revenue), South Bihar Power Distribution Company Limited,
Vidyut Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna.
3. Shri Shiv Shankar Prasad, Electrical Executive Engineer (Supply), Patna
City, Patna.
4. Shri A.K. Panjiyar, Director General of Vigilance, Bihar State Electrictiy
Board, (now South Bihar Power Distribution Company Limited), Patna.
5. Shri Manoj Kumar Singh, Deputy Superintendent of Vigilance, Bihar State
Electricity Board (now South Bihar Power Distribution Company Limited),
Patna.
6. Md. Azmal Hussain, Electrical Executive Engineer (Vigilance), Bihar State
Electricity Board (now South Bihar Power Distribution Company Limited),
Patna.
7. Md. Azmal Hussain, Inspector (Vigilance), Bihar State Electricity Board
(now South Bihar Power Distribution Company Limited), Patna.
8. The Central Power Research Institute, Switch Gear Testing and
Development Station, Govindpur, Bhopal, through Dr. M. Venkateswara Rao
Chief Executive Officer.
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Avinash Shekhar, Advocate
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Vivek Prasad, Advocate
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY
ORAL ORDER
6 10-04-2026 Heard the parties.
2. The present petition has been preferred for the
following relief(s):
“for initiating a proceeding of contempt
against the contemnors-opposite parties for willful
Patna High Court MJC No.3328 of 2025(6) dt.10-04-2026
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and deliberate disobedience of the order dated
27.7.2023 passed by the Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajiv
Roy in M.J.C. No. 2079 of 2016 (arising out of
C.W.J.C. No. 14672 of 2008), and also for punishing
the contemnor-opposite parties suitably for acting in
utter violation of the said order.”
3. Pursuant to the last order, Shiv Shankar Prasad,
Electrical Executive Engineer (Supply), Patna City, Patna is
present in the Court and a show cause has also come and finally,
they have come up with the chart duly signed by all the concerned
officials.
4. The parties are in agreement that the order has finally
been complied.
5. In that background, MJC No. 3328 of 2025 stands
disposed of.
6. The personal appearance of Mr. Shiv Shankar Prasad,
Electrical Executive Engineer (Supply), Patna City, Patna is
dispensed with.
(Rajiv Roy, J)
Adnan/-
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