Allahabad High Court
SMT. KAUSALYA DEVIversusSUSHIL KUMAR BHARTI, TEHSILDAR (JUDICIAL) TEHSIL BANSGAON
- Decided
- Bench
- VIKAS BUDHWAR
Holding
The contempt application is consigned to the record as it has outlived its utility.
Summary
The applicant, Smt. Kausalya Devi, filed a contempt petition alleging that the opposite party, Tehsildar Sushil Kumar Bharti, failed to comply with an order dated 18‑03‑2024 in Writ B No. 1107 of 2024, which required him to consider the applicant's application. The court noted that on 07‑09‑2026 a judgment had been reserved in the original writ proceeding, and the instructions related to that judgment were filed as Appendix‑B. In view of the pending judgment, the court held that the contempt petition had outlived its utility. Consequently, the contempt application was consigned to the record, leaving the applicant free to approach the court again if necessary. No substantive finding on contempt was made.
Issues considered
- Whether the opposite party's alleged non‑compliance with the 18‑03‑2024 order amounts to contempt of court
Subjects
- contempt
- civil procedure
- non‑compliance
- writ petition
- High Court
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 3836 of 2026
Smt. Kausalya Devi
.....Applicant(s)
Versus
Sushil Kumar Bharti, Tehsildar (Judicial) Tehsil
Bansgaon .....Opposite
Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s) : Balwant Singh
Counsel for Opposite Party(s) :
Court No. - 53
HON'BLE VIKAS BUDHWAR, J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant as well as learned Standing
Counsel.
2. The present contempt petition has been preferred alleging non-compliance
of the order dated 18/03/2024 passed in Writ B No. 1107 of 2024 which
required the opposite party to consider the application of the applicant.
3. Today instructions have been produced, according to which, on
07/09/2026 judgement has been reserved.
4. In view of the same, the contempt application has outlived its utility, thus,
the contempt application stands consigned to record, leaving it open to the
applicant to again approach as and when the occasion arises in that regard.
5. Instructions have been filed today is taken on record and marked as
Appendix-B.
September 8, 2026
Ashu
(Vikas Budhwar,J.)
Digitally signed by :-
ASHUTOSH KUMAR PRAJAPATI
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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