Vishnu Kumar Maurya v. Dr. Sunil Srivastava Director General Medical and Health andANR.
Case brief
What is this about?
Neutral citation 2024:AHC-LKO:39969; High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench, Court No. 8; Hon'ble Rajeev Singh, J.; CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. 2474 of 2016, decided 25.5.2024. Applicant Vishnu Kumar Maurya v. Opposite Party Dr. Sunil Srivastava, Director General Medical and Health (and another); counsel: Anu Pratap Singh (applicant); Puneet Chandra and Ravi Shanker Tewari (opposite party). Alleged non-compliance with order dated 14.1.2016 in W.P. No. 5502 (S/S) of 2014; compliance shown by letter re NHM PIP of U.P. 2016-17 sent 20.4.2016 to National Health Mission, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare; related W.P. No. 4017 (S/S) of 2019 (CT Scan Technician, District Hospital Raebareli) dismissed 11.02.2019 — creation of post rejected by Union of India; Special Appeal pending. Contempt application dismissed; Contempt of Courts Act referenced.
What did the court decide?
No contempt is made out: considering the submissions of counsel, the contents of the contempt application, the writ Court's order dated 14.1.2016 in Writ Petition No. 5502 (S/S) of 2014, and the order dated 11.02.2019 in Writ Petition No. 4017 (S/S) of 2019 observing that creation of the post for CT Scan Technician stood rejected by the Union of India with a Special Appeal pending therefrom.