Muneshwar Prasad Verma v. Shri Ram Avtar, Finance Controller (Agri. Deptt.), U.P. Krishi Bhawan Lko.
Case brief
What is this about?
Contempt Application (Civil) No. 1949 of 2024, Allahabad High Court Lucknow Bench, Court No. - 17, Hon'ble Manish Kumar, J., order dated 17.1.2025. Applicant Muneshwar Prasad Verma (counsel: Mamta Singh, Aditya Singh) v. Opposite Party Shri Ram Avtar, Finance Controller (Agri. Deptt.), U.P. Krishi Bhawan Lko. Grievance: compliance affidavit filed by respondent no. 2 is not compliance of judgment and order dated 22.02.2024 in letter and spirit; retiral dues determined on the basis of orders dated 28.06.2023 & 19.10.2023 which were quashed by the writ court; entitlement claimed to salary prior to those orders. Outcome: three weeks granted to learned Standing Counsel to file compliance affidavit; case listed week commencing 10.02.2025 amongst top ten cases. No statutes or precedent cases cited; interim order, no quantum fixed.
What did the court decide?
Interim order: three weeks' time granted to learned Standing Counsel to file compliance affidavit for compliance of the judgment and order dated 22.02.2024 in its letter and spirit; case to be listed in the week commencing 10.02.2025 amongst top ten cases. Merits of the complaint of non-compliance left open.