Allahabad High Court
RAM GOPAL SHARMAversusMR. PRADEEP SINGH BAGHEL, DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (SECONDARY)
- Decided
- Bench
- VIKAS BUDHWAR
Holding
The court declined to issue a notice, granted three months for compliance, and disposed of the contempt application pending compliance.
Summary
The applicant, Ram Gopal Sharma, filed a contempt application alleging that the opposite party, Mr. Pradeep Singh Baghel, had willfully failed to comply with an order dated 19‑01‑2026 issued in Writ‑A No. 6120/2026 directing the opposite party to decide a claim. The court examined the allegation and found that a prima facie case of contempt existed but noted that no notice had been issued to the opposite party. Consequently, the court granted the opposite party an additional three months from the production of a certified copy of the order to comply, and directed the applicant to provide stamped envelopes for service of the order. The court also ordered that the opposite party must inform the applicant of compliance within a week of receiving the order. If the opposite party fails to comply, the applicant may approach the court again. The contempt application was therefore disposed of pending compliance.
Issues considered
- Whether the contempt application should be entertained without a notice to the opposite party
- Whether the opposite party should be granted additional time to comply with the earlier writ order
Subjects
- contempt of court
- non‑compliance with order
- writ petition
- procedural directions
- order enforcement
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 6686 of 2026
Ram Gopal Sharma
.....Applicant(s)
Versus
Mr. Pradeep Singh Baghel, Director Of Education
(Secondary) .....Opposite
Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s) : Dheerendra Mudgal, Rishi Kant Rai,
Sudhir Kumar Upadhyay
Counsel for Opposite Party(s) :
Court No. - 53
HON'BLE VIKAS BUDHWAR, J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant.
2. The present contempt application has been preferred alleging non-
compliance of the order dated 19.01.2026 passed in Writ A No. 6120/2026
whereby the writ petition was disposed of directing the opposite party to
decide the claim.
3. It is contended by learned counsel for the applicant that copy of the order
was served but till date the order of writ Court has not been complied with.
4. Prima facie, a case has been made out for punishing the opposite party for
willful disobedience of the judgment and order passed in the aforesaid writ
petition.
5. However, no notice is issued to the opposite party at this stage. The
opposite party is granted three months further time to comply with the order
dated 19.01.2026 passed by this Court in Writ-A No. 6120/2023 from the
date of production of a certified copy of this order.
6. The applicant shall supply a duly stamped registered envelope addressed
to the opposite party and another self-addressed envelope to the office within
two weeks from today. The office shall send a copy of this order along with
the self-addressed envelope of the applicant with a copy of contempt
application to the opposite party within one week thereafter and keep a
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record thereof.
7. The opposite party shall comply with the directions of the writ court and
intimate the applicant the order through the self-addressed envelop within a
week thereafter.
8. In case, the opposite party does not comply with the order, it would be
open to the applicant to approach this court again.
9. With the aforesaid observations, this application is finally disposed of at
this stage.
(Vikas Budhwar,J.)
September 23, 2026
Rajesh
Digitally signed by :-
RAJESH KUMAR
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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