Smt. Anita Pandey Vs Sri Mangala Prasad Singh, District… — Contempt of Court | Allahabad HC (2026)

Smt. Anita Pandey Vs Sri Mangala Prasad Singh, District… — Contempt of Court | Allahabad HC (2026)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Application finally disposed of at this stage without issuing notice; opposite party granted three months' further time to comply with the writ Court order dated 19.11.2025 from the date of production of a certified copy of this order; applicant to supply a duly stamped registered envelope addressed to the opposite party and a self-addressed envelope to the office within two weeks; office to send copy of the order with contempt application to the opposite party; liberty to the applicant to approach the court again in case of non-compliance.

Issue for consideration

Whether the opposite party committed willful disobedience of the judgment and order dated 19.11.2025 passed in Writ Petition No. 17949 of 2025 so as to be punishable under Section 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act. +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 Writ Petition No. 17949 of 2025.

Ratio / Principle

No notice is issued to the opposite party at this stage; instead, the opposite party is granted three months' further time to comply with the order dated 19.11.2025 in Writ Petition No. 17949 of 2025 from the date of production of a certified copy of this order.

Key takeaways

In case the opposite party does not comply with the writ Court order, it would be open to the applicant to approach this court again.ratio¶20

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Contempt of Courts Act, Section 12 - Alleged willful disobedience of judgment and order dated 19.11.2025 passed in Writ Petition No. 17949 of 2025, copy whereof was served personally on the opposite party (District Magistrate) on 10.12.2025 - Court finds a prima facie case for punishing the opposite party for willful disobedience, but declines to issue notice at this stage and grants the opposite party three months' further time to comply with the writ Court order from the date of production of a certified copy of the contempt order - Applicant to supply a duly stamped registered envelope and a self-addressed envelope to the office within two weeks; office to transmit a copy of the order with the contempt application - Contempt application finally disposed of at this stage with liberty to the applicant to approach the Court again in case of non-compliance.

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD

CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 2987 of 2026

Smt. Anita Pandey

.....Applicant(s)

Versus

Sri Mangala Prasad Singh, District Magistrate

.....Opposite Party(s)

Counsel for Applicant(s) : Ashok Kumar Pandey Counsel for Opposite Party(s) :

Court No. - 9

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 19.11.2025 passed by this Court in Writ Petition No. 17949 of 2025.

It is contended that applicant had approached writ Court through aforesaid writ petition, which was disposed of vide order dated 19.11.2025. Copy of the order of writ Court was served upon opposite party on 10.12.2025 personally, 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 three months' further time to comply with the order dated 19.11.2025 passed by this Court in Writ Petition No. 17949 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 of contempt application to the opposite party within one week thereafter and keep a record thereof.

CAPL No. 2987 of 2026

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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.

(Rohit Ranjan Agarwal,J.)

May 5, 2026

(V. S. SINGH)

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