Allahabad High Court
SRI KAILASH NATH PANDEYversusDR. RAJ SHEKHAR, MANAGING DIRECTOR (RURAL), U.P. JAL NIGAM, 6, RANA PRATAP MARG
- Decided
- Bench
- VIKAS BUDHWAR
Holding
The court consigned the contempt application to the record, permitting the applicant to question the quantum before the appropriate forum.
Summary
The applicant filed a contempt petition alleging that the opposite party failed to comply with an order dated 21‑Nov‑2025 in Writ‑A No. 17594 of 2025, which required the opposite party to consider the applicant’s application. The opposite party produced instructions indicating that the required payments had been made. The applicant’s counsel stated that the applicant would contest the quantum of the payment before the appropriate forum. The court recorded the instructions as Appendix‑A and consigned the contempt application to the record, allowing the applicant to raise the quantum issue later in the proper forum. No final determination on contempt was made, and the matter remains open for further adjudication.
Issues considered
- Did the opposite party comply with the order dated 21‑Nov‑2025?
- Should the contempt petition be dismissed or held in abeyance pending the applicant's challenge to the quantum?
Subjects
- contempt
- non‑compliance
- writ
- order
- quantum
- appropriate forum
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 4468 of 2026
Sri Kailash Nath Pandey
.....Applicant(s)
Versus
Dr. Raj Shekhar, Managing Director (Rural), U.P. Jal
Nigam, 6, Rana Pratap Marg .....Opposite
Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s) : Alok Kumar Srivastava
Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : Sanjay Kumar Om
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 21.11.2025 passed in Writ - A No. 17594 of 2025 which
required the opposite party to consider the application of the applicant.
3. Today, instructions have been produced by Shri S.K. Om, according to
which, the entire payments have been made.
4. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant shall question
the quantum before the appropriate forum. 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.
September 23, 2026
Ashu
(Vikas Budhwar,J.)
Digitally signed by :-
ASHUTOSH KUMAR PRAJAPATI
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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