Lalta Prasad Yadav vs Sri Bholendra Pratap Singh, Distt. Basic Education Officer, Ambedkar Nagar and Another — Allahabad HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

Lalta Prasad Yadav vs Sri Bholendra Pratap Singh, Distt. Basic Education Officer, Ambedkar Nagar and Another — Allahabad HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Interim procedural outcome: impleadment application (I.A. No. 8 of 2025) allowed and respondent nos. 3 & 4 (Sri Shailesh Kumar Patel and Ms. Sarita Lidhoria) substituted for the transferred respondent nos. 1 & 2; notice of contempt ordered to respondent nos. 3 & 4 regarding alleged willful disobedience of the judgment and order dated 02.02.2023 passed in Writ A No. 435 of 2013; steps to be taken within seven working days; Office directed to submit service report by the next date of listing; case listed in the week commencing 19.01.2026. Contempt proceedings themselves not yet initiated.

Issue for consideration

Whether the impleadment application (I.A. No. 8 of 2025) seeking substitution of transferred respondent nos. 1 & 2 by Sri Shailesh Kumar Patel and Ms. Sarita Lidhoria as respondent nos. 3 & 4 should be allowed. +1 more

Court's answer

Cause shown in the accompanying affidavit filed in support of the impleadment application is satisfactory; the impleadment application is allowed, and learned counsel for the applicant is permitted to implead Sri Shailesh Kumar Patel, District Basic Education Officer, Ambedkar Nagar, and Ms. Sarita Lidhoria as respondent nos. 3 & 4 respectively in the memo of the contempt application during the course of the day.

Ratio / Principle

Notice is to be issued to the newly impleaded respondent nos. 3 & 4 to explain as to why contempt proceedings be not initiated against them for alleged willful disobedience of the judgment and order dated 02.02.2023 passed in Writ A No. 435 of 2013; as prayed, steps be taken within seven working days.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Allahabad HC (Lucknow Bench), Court No. 8, Hon'ble Manish Kumar, J., order dated November 27, 2025, on Contempt Application (Civil) No. 316 of 2024 (Lalta Prasad Yadav v. Sri Bholendra Pratap Singh, Distt. Basic Education Officer, Ambedkar Nagar & Anr.) and I.A. No. 8 of 2025: cause shown in the accompanying affidavit held satisfactory and the impleadment application ALLOWED — counsel for the applicant permitted to implead Sri Shailesh Kumar Patel, District Basic Education Officer, Ambedkar Nagar, and Ms. Sarita Lidhoria as respondent nos. 3 & 4, replacing respondent nos. 1 & 2 transferred during pendency; NOTICE ordered to the newly impleaded respondent nos. 3 & 4 to explain why contempt proceedings be not initiated against them for alleged willful disobedience of the judgment and order dated 02.02.2023 passed in Writ A No. 435 of 2013; steps within seven working days; service report by next date of listing; case listed in the week commencing 19.01.2026.

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW

CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 316 of 2024

Lalta Prasad Yadav

.....Applicant(s)

Versus

Sri Bholendra Pratap Singh, Distt. Basic Officer, Ambedkar Nagar And Another	Education .....Opposite Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s) : Counsel for Opposite Party(s) :	Krishna Madhav Shukla

Court No. - 8

HON'BLE MANISH KUMAR, J.

(I.A. No. 8 of 2025)

This is an application seeking impleadment of Sri Shailesh Kumar Patel, District Basic Education Officer, Ambedkar Nagar and Ms. Sarita Lidhoria as respondent nos. 3 & 4 respectively after the transfer of respondent nos. 1 & 2 during pendency of the present contempt application.

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

The impleadment application is allowed.

Learned counsel for the applicant is permitted to implead Sri Shailesh Kumar Patel, District Basic Education Officer, Ambedkar Nagar and Ms. Sarita Lidhoria as respondent nos. 3 & 4 respectively in the array of respondents in the memo of the contempt application during the course of the day.

(Order on Contempt Application)

Issue notice to the newly impleaded respondent nos. 3 & 4 to explain as to why contempt proceedings be not initiated against them for alleged willful disobedience of the judgment and order dated 02.02.2023 passed in Writ A No. 435 of 2013.

As prayed, steps be taken within seven working days.

List this case in the week commencing 19.01.2026.

CAPL No. 316 of 2024

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

(Manish Kumar,J.)

November 27, 2025

Nitesh

Digitally signed by :- NITESH KUMAR TEWARY High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench