Madhav and Others v. Dr. Vijay Bahadur Dwivedi, Director Horticulture and Food Processing, Lko.
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench), Court No. 17, contempt application civil 1997 of 2024, Madhav and others v. Dr. Vijay Bahadur Dwivedi, Director Horticulture and Food Processing, Manish Kumar J., 12.3.2025. Non-compliance with order dated 19.03.2024 for payment of minimum of payscale; compliance affidavit taken on record; fresh order dated 10.03.2025 (Annexures C-1, C-2) and District Horticulture Officer's order for payment from next month; applicant seeks entitlement from 19.03.2024 and actual payment; three weeks for further compliance affidavit failing which respondent to appear in person; listed week commencing 07.04.2025. Keywords: contempt, compliance affidavit, minimum payscale, horticulture, Lucknow Bench, interim order.
What did the court decide?
Interim only: three weeks' time for filing further compliance affidavit, failing which the respondent shall appear in person; case listed in the week commencing 07.04.2025; the substantive compliance question (payment of minimum of the payscale with effect from 19.03.2024 and actual receipt of payment) left open for the next hearing.