Ajay Kumar Pandey vs Mr. B.L. Meena ( Babu Lal Meena ) Commissioner / Registrar Cooperative and Anr. — Allahabad HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

Ajay Kumar Pandey vs Mr. B.L. Meena ( Babu Lal Meena ) Commissioner / Registrar Cooperative and Anr. — Allahabad HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Impleadment application (C.M.A. No. 9 of 2025) allowed and Shri Sorabh Babu impleaded as respondent no. 6; notice ordered to respondent no. 6 to explain why contempt proceedings be not initiated for alleged willful disobedience of the order dated 06.10.2023 passed in Writ A No. 6695 of 2023; steps within seven days; case listed for week commencing 12.01.2026; Office directed to submit service report by the next date of listing. The contempt application itself remains pending.

Issue for consideration

Whether the impleadment application (C.M.A. No. 9 of 2025) seeking impleadment of Shri Sorabh Babu, Principal Secretary, Department of Cooperative, Civil Secretariat, U.P., Lucknow as respondent no. 6 in the contempt application should be allowed. +1 more

Court's answer

Cause shown in the accompanying affidavit having been found sufficient, the impleadment application (C.M.A. No. 9 of 2025) is allowed.

Ratio / Principle

Learned counsel for the applicant is permitted to implead Shri Sorabh Babu as respondent no. 6 in the array of respondents in the memo of the contempt application during the course of the day.

Key takeaways

Notice is to be issued to the newly impleaded respondent no. 6 to explain why contempt proceedings be not initiated against him for alleged willful disobedience of the order dated 06.10.2023 passed in Writ A No. 6695 of 2023.ratio¶16
As prayed, steps for taking out the notice are to be taken within seven days.ratio¶17

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench), Court No. 8 (Manish Kumar, J.), order dated November 20, 2025 — Contempt Application (Civil) No. 720 of 2024, Ajay Kumar Pandey v. Mr. B.L. Meena (Babu Lal Meena), Commissioner/Registrar Cooperative & Anr.: (i) impleadment application C.M.A. No. 9 of 2025 seeking addition of Shri Sorabh Babu, Principal Secretary, Department of Cooperative, Civil Secretariat, U.P., Lucknow as respondent no. 6 allowed, cause shown in the accompanying affidavit held sufficient, with permission to counsel to enter him in the memo during the course of the day; (ii) notice directed to the newly impleaded respondent no. 6 to explain why contempt proceedings be not initiated for alleged willful disobedience of the order dated 06.10.2023 passed in Writ A No. 6695 of 2023; steps to be taken within seven days; matter listed for the week commencing 12.01.2026; Office to submit service report by the next date of listing.

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW

CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 720 of 2024

Ajay Kumar Pandey

.....Applicant(s)

Versus

Mr. B.L. Meena ( Babu Lal Meena ) Commissioner / Registrar Cooperative And Anr. .....Opposite Party(s)

Counsel for Applicant(s)	: I.M. Pandey Ist
Counsel for Opposite Party(s)	:

Court No. - 8

HON'BLE MANISH KUMAR, J.

(C.M.A. No. 9 of 2025)

This is an application seeking impleadment of Shri Sorabh Babu, Principal Secretary, Department of Cooperative, Civil Secretariat, U.P., Lucknow as respondent no. 6 in the present contempt application.

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

The impleadment application is allowed .

Learned counsel for the applicant is permitted to implead Shri Sorabh Babu, Principal Secretary, Department of Cooperative, Civil Secretariat, U.P., Lucknow as respondent no. 6 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 no. 6 to explain as to why contempt proceedings be not initiated against him for alleged willful disobedience of the order dated 06.10.2023 passed in Writ A No. 6695 of 2023.

As prayed, steps be taken within seven days.

CAPL No. 720 of 2024

2

List this case in the week commencing 12.01.2026.

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

(Manish Kumar,J.)

November 20, 2025 Ashish

Digitally signed by :- ASHISH MISHRA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench