Allahabad High Court
BHASKAR BHATTACHARYAversusSAURABH BABU, PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, GRAMYA VIKAS VIBHAG AND 2 OTHERS
- Decided
- Bench
- VIKAS BUDHWAR
Holding
The contempt petition is consigned to the record as the order has been complied with according to the instructions produced.
Summary
The applicant, Bhaskar Bhattacharya, filed a contempt petition alleging that the respondents, including the Principal Secretary, Gramya Vikas Vibhag, failed to comply with an order dated 24‑02‑2026 issued in Writ A No. 6651 of 2018 and affirmed on intra‑court appeal. The State Law Officer produced instructions indicating that the order had been complied with. The applicant’s counsel did not dispute the existence of those instructions. The court therefore consigned the contempt application to the record, allowing the applicant to challenge the order in the appropriate forum if desired. The instructions were taken on record as Appendix‑A.
Issues considered
- Whether the respondents' alleged non‑compliance with the 24‑02‑2026 order amounts to contempt of court
Subjects
- contempt
- non‑compliance
- writ petition
- intra‑court appeal
- High Court of Allahabad
- instructions
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 6085 of 2026
Bhaskar Bhattacharya
.....Applicant(s)
Versus
Saurabh Babu, Principal Secretary, Gramya Vikas
Vibhag And 2 Others .....Opposite
Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s) : Awadh Behari 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 24.02.2026 passed in Writ A No. 6651 of
2018 which has been affirmed in an intra-court appeal.
3. Today instructions have been produced by Sri Abhinav Prashad,
learned State Law Officer, according to which, the order of the Writ Court
has been complied with.
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 30, 2026
Ashu
Digitally signed by :-
ASHUTOSH KUMAR PRAJAPATI
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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