Safar Ali v. Surabhi Gautam, Tehsildar / Assistant Collector Tarabganj Distt. Gonda
Case brief
What is this about?
Contempt Application (Civil) No. 1102 of 2025 (also styled CAPL No. 1102 of 2025), Allahabad High Court Lucknow Bench, Court No. 17, Manish Kumar J., order dated September 1, 2025. Applicant: Safar Ali (Counsel: Pradeep Kumar Shukla); Opposite Party: Surabhi Gautam, Tehsildar/Assistant Collector, Tarabganj, District Gonda. Impleadment of Ashutosh Pandey, Tehsildar/Assistant Collector-Tarabganj, Gonda as respondent no. 2 after transfer of sole respondent; notice for alleged willful disobedience of order dated 23.11.2023 in Matters Under Article 227 No. 5945 of 2023; Article 227 Constitution of India; steps within seven days; listing week commencing 13.10.2025; service report.
What did the court decide?
Interlocutory order: impleadment application (I.A. No. 1 of 2025) allowed — Sri Ashutosh Pandey, Tehsildar/Assistant Collector-Tarabganj, District Gonda impleaded as respondent no. 2 in place of the transferred sole respondent; contempt notice directed to the newly impleaded respondent no. 2; steps within seven days; case listed in the week commencing 13.10.2025 with service report by next date. The contempt application itself remains pending.