Dr. Ram Lakhan Singh v. Dr. Monendra Singh Chief Medical Officer Dist. Hathras and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
Contempt application (civil) 4451 of 2024, Allahabad High Court Lucknow Bench, Manish Kumar J., order dated 20.2.2025. Keywords: impleadment; substitution of respondent on retirement; Dr. Ratan Pal Singh Director General Medical Health Services; Dr. Monendra Singh CMO Hathras; willful disobedience; order dated 02.05.2024 in Writ A No. 3389 of 2024; notice of contempt proceedings; steps within seven days; listing week commencing 01.04.2025; service report; I.A. No. 1 of 2025; Km. Neelam Singh for applicant Dr. Ram Lakhan Singh.
What did the court decide?
Interim order: (i) I.A. No. 1 of 2025 allowed, permitting impleadment of Dr. Ratan Pal Singh, Director General, Medical Health Services, Swasthya Bhawan, Kaiserbagh, Lucknow as respondent no. 3 in place of respondent no. 2 who had retired; (ii) notice of contempt proceedings ordered to respondent no. 3 regarding alleged willful disobedience of the order dated 02.05.2024 passed in Writ A No. 3389 of 2024; (iii) steps to be taken within seven days; (iv) case listed in the week commencing 01.04.2025; (v) service report to be submitted by the next date of listing. The contempt application itself is not finally decided at this stage.