Raj Narayan vs Shri Anil Kumar, Secretary, Panchayat Raj… — Contempt of Court | Allahabad HC (2025)

Raj Narayan vs Shri Anil Kumar, Secretary, Panchayat Raj… — Contempt of Court | Allahabad HC (2025)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Application finally disposed of at this stage: no contempt notice issued at present; opposite party given two months' further time (from delivery of certified copy of this order) to comply with the writ court's order dated 30.07.2025 in Writ Petition No. 24696 of 2025; compliance to be effected through the envelope/transmittal mechanics directed by the court; if compliance does not occur, the applicant may approach the court again.

Issue for consideration

Whether a prima facie case exists for punishing the Opposite Party for willful disobedience of the judgment and order dated 30.07.2025 passed in Writ Petition No. 24696 of 2025. +1 more

Court's answer

Prima facie, a case has been made out for punishing the opposite party for willful disobedience of the judgment and order passed in the aforesaid writ petition.

Ratio / Principle

No notice is issued to the opposite party at this stage.

Key takeaways

The opposite party is granted two months' further time, reckoned from the date of production of a certified copy of this order, to comply with the order dated 30.07.2025 passed by this Court in Writ Petition No. 24696 of 2025.ratio¶13
The applicant shall supply a duly stamped registered envelope addressed to the opposite party and another self-addressed envelope to the office within two weeks from the date of the decision.ratio¶14

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT (Rohit Ranjan Agarwal, J.; Court No. 36); Contempt Application (Civil) No. 6004 of 2025; decided October 27, 2025; Raj Narayan v. Shri Anil Kumar, Secretary, Panchayat Raj And Another. Contempt application under Section 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act alleging willful disobedience of the judgment and order dated 30.07.2025 passed in Writ Petition No. 24696 of 2025 (copy served on opposite party by registered post on 11.08.2025, allegedly not complied with). Court found that prima facie a case has been made out for punishing the opposite party, but issued no notice at this stage and granted the opposite party two months' further time, from the date of production of a certified copy of this order, to comply with the writ court's order. Mechanics directed: applicant to supply a duly stamped registered envelope addressed to the opposite party and a self-addressed envelope within two weeks; office to send a copy of this order with a copy of the contempt application within one week thereafter and keep a record; opposite party to comply with the writ court's directions and intimate the applicant through the self-addressed envelope within a week thereafter; on continued non-compliance the applicant may approach the court again. Application finally disposed of at this stage.

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD

CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 6004 of 2025

Raj Narayan

.....Applicant(s)

Versus

Shri Anil Kumar, Secretary, Panchayat Raj And Another .....Opposite Party(s) Counsel for Applicant(s) : Gaurav Kumar Sharma, Nand Kishor Mishra, Pawan Kumar Tripathi Counsel for Opposite Party(s) :

Court No. - 36

HON'BLE ROHIT RANJAN AGARWAL, J.

Heard learned counsel for the applicant.

The present contempt application has been filed under Section 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act for punishing the Opposite Party for willful disobedience of the judgment and order dated 30.07.2025 passed by this Court in Writ Petition No. 24696 of 2025.

It is contended that applicant had approached writ Court through aforesaid writ petition, which was disposed of vide order dated 30.07.2025. Copy of the order of writ Court was served upon opposite party through registered post on 11.08.2025, but according to the applicant, the said order has not been complied with by the opposite party till date.

Prima facie , a case has been made out for punishing the opposite party for willful disobedience of the judgment and order passed in the aforesaid writ petition.

However, no notice is issued to the opposite party at this stage. The opposite party is granted two months' further time to comply with the order dated 30.07.2025 passed by this Court in Writ Petition No. 24696 of 2025 from the date of production of a certified copy of this order.

The applicant shall supply a duly stamped registered envelope addressed to the opposite party and another self-addressed envelope to the office within two weeks from today. The office shall send a copy of this order along with the self-addressed envelope of the applicant with a copy

CAPL No. 6004 of 2025

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of contempt application to the opposite party within one week thereafter and keep a record thereof.

The opposite party shall comply with the directions of the writ court and intimate the applicant the order through the self-addressed envelop within a week thereafter.

In case, the opposite party does not comply with the order, it would be open to the applicant to approach this court again.

With the aforesaid observations, this application is finally disposed of at this stage.

October 27, 2025

V.S.Singh

(Rohit Ranjan Agarwal,J.)

Digitally signed by :- VIDYA SAGAR SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad