Smt. Manju Sharma v. Dr. Nitin Bansal, Commissioner Trade Tax Deptt. Lko.
Contempt – compliance with writ direction
Case brief
What is this about?
Contempt Application (Civil) No. 2078 of 2025, Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench (Manish Kumar, J., order dated 13.8.2025). Applicant Smt. Manju Sharma alleged non-compliance in letter and spirit of the Writ Court's order dated 21.04.2025, which had directed respondent no. 2 to decide her fresh representation regarding arrears of pension from 01/01/2016 to 3/5/2022 under the VIIth Pay Commission and interest on delayed payment; the representation was decided vide order dated 28.07.2025 (Annexure CA-1 to compliance affidavit). Held that a contempt court, seized of a simple direction to decide a representation, cannot test the correctness of the resulting decision; no contempt made out against opposite party Dr. Nitin Bansal, Commissioner Trade Tax Deptt., Lucknow. Application dismissed as infructuous; notices discharged.
What did the court decide?
It is not within the domain or jurisdiction of the Contempt Court to look into the decision taken by the authority concerned, where the Writ Court's direction was only a simple direction to decide the applicant's representation.