Gaya Prasad Pandey v. Sri Manoj Kumar Rai, Assistant Collector Tehsildar Pratapgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
Contempt Application (CIVIL) No. 2336 of 2024, Gaya Prasad Pandey v. Manoj Kumar Rai (Assistant Collector Tehsildar Pratapgarh); order dated 8.8.2025, Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench (Jaspreet Singh, J.). C.M. Application IA/1/2025 allowed impleading successor officer Pawan Kumar Singh (In-charge Tehsildar, Tehsil-Patti, Pratapgarh) as new incumbent respondent; notice to show cause regarding non-compliance of writ Court order dated 28.7.2023 in PIL No. 668 of 2023; memo amendment and steps within a week; list week commencing 22.9.2025. Keywords: contempt civil, impleadment, new incumbent, Tehsildar Pratapgarh, PIL 668 of 2023, non-compliance, writ Court order.
What did the court decide?
C.M. Application No. IA/1/2025 allowed - Shri Pawan Kumar Singh, In-charge Tehsildar, Tehsil-Patti, district Pratapgarh impleaded as new incumbent respondent; memo of contempt petition to be amended within a week; notice to issue to the newly impleaded respondent to show cause why contempt proceedings may not be initiated for non-compliance of the writ Court order dated 28.7.2023 in PIL No. 668 of 2023; steps to be taken within a week; matter listed in the week commencing 22.9.2025.