Amar Pal Singh and 3 Others v. Pradeep Kumar Addl. District Magistrate (F.R.) Balrampur Prescribed Authority and 2 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench (Court No. 17); Contempt Application (Civil) No. 2299 of 2025; decided 28.7.2025 by Rajeev Singh, J.; neutral citation 2025:AHC-LKO:43150. Applicant Amar Pal Singh and 3 others (counsel Madan Gopal Tripathi) versus Pradeep Kumar, Addl. District Magistrate (F.R.)/Prescribed Authority, Balrampur and 2 others. Concerns surplus land under the Ceiling Act, leases/pattas based on order dated 21.9.1995, challenge allowed on 30.11.2002 in Case No.20 under Section 10(2) of the Ceiling Act, writ directions of 23.7.2009 (Writ Petition No.63 (Ceiling Rural) of 2009, Ram Kripal Singh Vs. State of U.P. & Ors.), and reference concluded on 21.10.2024. Held: reference decided after hearing counsel for the parties, hence no contempt; application dismissed; liberty granted to challenge the prescribed authority's order.
What did the court decide?
Since the reference had already been decided after hearing learned counsel for the parties, no contempt is made out.