Allahabad High Court
ALOK RANJAN AND 43 OTHERSversusMR. ASHISH KUMAR PANDEY, DISTRICT BASIC EDUCATION OFFICER
- Decided
- Bench
- VIKAS BUDHWAR
Holding
The court disposed of the contempt application, granting the opposite party two months to comply with the writ order and deferring notice issuance.
Summary
The applicants filed a contempt application seeking to punish the opposite party for willful disobedience of a judgment dated 06‑11‑2025 in Writ‑A No. 14195 of 2025. The court noted that the order had been served but not complied with, establishing a prima facie case of contempt. However, the court declined to issue a notice at this stage and instead granted the opposite party an additional two months to comply with the writ order. The applicants were directed to provide stamped envelopes for service of the contempt application, and the court ordered that the opposite party must inform the applicants of compliance within a week of receiving the order. The court further held that if compliance is not achieved, the applicants may approach the court again, and the contempt application was disposed of for the time being.
Issues considered
- Whether a 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 writ order
Subjects
- contempt of court
- willful disobedience
- writ jurisdiction
- compliance order
- High Court of Allahabad
- procedural direction
Judgment
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD
CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 6884 of 2026
Alok Ranjan And 43 Others
.....Applicant(s)
Versus
Mr. Ashish Kumar Pandey, District Basic
Education Officer .....Opposite
Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s) : Chandra Bhushan Yadav, Vibhuti
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 filed for punishing the
Opposite Party for willful disobedience of the judgment and order dated
06.11.2025 passed in Writ- A No. 14195 of 2025.
3. It is contended by learned counsel for the applicant that the applicant
had filed the aforesaid writ petition, which was disposed of vide order
dated 06.11.2025. 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 two months further time to comply with the
order dated 06.11.2025 passed in Writ- A No. 14195 of 2025 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 parties 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 parties within one week
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thereafter and keep a 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 30, 2026
Ashu
Digitally signed by :-
ASHUTOSH KUMAR PRAJAPATI
High Court of Judicature at Allahabad
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