Allahabad High Court
KAMNA DEVIversusDILIP KUMAR PANDEY (DISTRICT PROGRAM OFFICER BANDA)
- Decided
- Bench
- VIKAS BUDHWAR
Holding
The contempt petition is consigned to the record, permitting the applicant to seek redress in the appropriate forum.
Summary
The applicant, Kamna Devi, filed a contempt petition alleging that the opposite party, Dilip Kumar Pandey, failed to comply with a court order dated 29 January 2026 which required him to consider her application. The court examined the matter and noted that instructions dated 19 August 2026 showed the representation had been decided, a fact not contested by the applicant. The court ordered that a copy of these instructions be served on the applicant’s counsel. Consequently, the contempt petition was consigned to the record, allowing the applicant to challenge the decision in the appropriate forum. The instructions were taken on record as Appendix‑A.
Issues considered
- Whether the opposite party’s failure to act on the order dated 29‑01‑2026 constitutes contempt of court
Subjects
- contempt
- non‑compliance
- court order
- High Court
- procedural remedy
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 4447 of 2026
Kamna Devi
.....Applicant(s)
Versus
Dilip Kumar Pandey (District Program Officer
Banda) .....Opposite
Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s) : Jaybrat Dwivedi, Ram Swaroop
(Singh), Shivakant 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 29.01.2026 passed in Writ A No. 1063 of
2026 which required the opposite party to consider the application of the
applicant.
3. Today instructions have been produced, according to which, the
representation has been decided on 19.08.2026.
4. The said fact has not been disputed by the learned counsel for the
applicant. Let a copy of the instructions be served upon the learned
counsel for the applicant.
5. Accordingly, the contempt application stands consigned to record,
leaving it open for the applicant to question the said order before
appropriate forum in accordance with law.
6. Instructions have been filed today is taken on record and marked as
Appendix-A.
(Vikas Budhwar,J.)
September 23, 2026
Ashu
Digitally signed by :-
ASHUTOSH KUMAR PRAJAPATI
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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