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Ashok Kumar v. Shri Deepak Kumar Addl. Chief Secy. Secondary Education Lko. and Others

Allahabad HC20 Jan 2025CAPL/3013/2024

Case brief

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What is this about?

Contempt Application (CIVIL) 3013 of 2024, Allahabad High Court Lucknow Bench, Court No. 8, Manish Kumar J., 03.12.2025; impleadment of Additional Chief/Principal Secretary Secondary Education (Parth Sarthi Sen Sharma) as respondent no. 7 allowed; notice issued re alleged willful disobedience of order dated 03.07.2019 in Special Appeal No. 605 of 2017; listing week commencing 26.01.2026; counsel Suresh Kumar Awasthi Pandey, Devansh for applicant.

What did the court decide?

Impleadment of Shri Parth Sarthi Sen Sharma as respondent no. 7 in the memo of the contempt application permitted the same day; notice ordered to respondent no. 7 on the alleged contempt; steps to be taken within seven days; service report due by the next date of listing; case listed for the week commencing 26.01.2026. ¶13

Ashok Kumar vs Shri Deepak Kumar Addl. Chief Secy. Secondary Education Lko. and Others — Allahabad HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether the impleadment application (C.M.A. No. 8 of 2025) seeking to add Shri Parth Sarthi Sen Sharma, Additional Chief/Principal Secretary, Secondary Education, Civil Secretariat, Lucknow, as respondent no. 7 in the contempt application should be allowed. +1 more

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Court's answer

The cause shown in the accompanying affidavit filed in support of the impleadment application is deemed sufficient.

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Ratio / Principle

The impleadment application is allowed; learned counsel for the applicant is permitted to implead Shri Parth Sarthi Sen Sharma, Additional Chief/Principal Secretary, Secondary Education, Civil Secretariat, Lucknow, in the array of respondents in the memo of the contempt application during the course of the day.

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Key takeaways

Notice is to be issued to the newly impleaded respondent no. 7 to explain why contempt proceedings should not be initiated against him for alleged wilful disobedience of the order dated 03.07.2019 passed in Special Appeal No. 605 of 2017; the ultimate question of initiating contempt remains open for the respondent to answer, with the case listed for the week commencing 26.01.2026.ratio¶15

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench), Court No. 8, Manish Kumar J., December 3, 2025 - Contempt Application (CIVIL) No. 3013 of 2024 (Ashok Kumar v. Shri Deepak Kumar, Addl. Chief Secy., Secondary Education, Lko. and Others): Impleadment application (C.M.A. No. 8 of 2025) allowed - cause in supporting affidavit held sufficient; Shri Parth Sarthi Sen Sharma, Additional Chief/Principal Secretary, Secondary Education, Civil Secretariat, Lucknow, permitted to be added as respondent no. 7 the same day. Notice ordered to the newly impleaded respondent to explain why contempt proceedings should not be initiated against him for alleged wilful disobedience of the order dated 03.07.2019 passed in Special Appeal No. 605 of 2017; steps within seven days; office to submit service report by next date; case listed for week commencing 26.01.2026.

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW

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CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 3013 of 2024

Ashok Kumar

.....Applicant(s)

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Shri Deepak Kumar Addl. Chief Secy. Secondary Education Lko. And Others	...	..Opposite Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s) : Suresh Kumar Awasthi	Pandey,	Devansh
Counsel for Opposite Party(s) :

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Court No. - 8

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HON'BLE MANISH KUMAR, J.

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(C.M.A. No. 8 of 2025)

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This is an application seeking impleadment of Shri Parth Sarthi Sen Sharma, Additional Chief/Principal Secretary, Secondary Education, Civil Secretariat, Lucknow as respondent no. 7 in the present contempt application .

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Cause shown in the accompanying affidavit filed in support of the instant application is sufficient.

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The impleadment application is allowed .

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Learned counsel for the applicant is permitted to implead Shri Parth Sarthi Sen Sharma, Additional Chief/Principal Secretary, Secondary Education, Civil Secretariat, Lucknow in the array of respondents in the memo of the contempt application during the course of the day.

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(Order on Contempt Application)

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Issue notice to the newly impleaded respondent no. 7 to explain as to why contempt proceedings be not initiated against him for alleged willful disobedience of the order dated 03.07.2019 passed in Special Appeal No. 605 of 2017.

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As prayed, steps be taken within seven days.

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CAPL No. 3013 of 2024

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List this case in the week commencing 26.01.2026.

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Office is directed to submit service report by the next date of listing.

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(Manish Kumar,J.)

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