Ku. Manorama Tokal v. Mr. Rajendra Kumar Katara
Case brief
What is this about?
Contempt petition (CONT No. 669 of 2023), High Court of Chhattisgarh, Bilaspur; decided 15.01.2024 by Justice Sanjay K. Agrawal; marked NAFR. Six ex-Auxiliary Nurse Midwife petitioners from Bijapur (Manorama Tokal, Renu Yalam, Neelam Gawde, Payal Tati, Aruna Bodke/Punem, Umadevi Osaka/Borla) alleged non-compliance of the interim order dated 23.01.2023 in W.P.(S) No.732/2023, which had stayed the Collector, Bijapur's order dated 16.01.2023. The Court held the CMHO, Bijapur (Ajay Ramteke; Collector Rajendra Kumar Katara) had already cancelled their appointments on 20.01.2023 (Annexure C-3) pursuant to the Collector's order, before the interim stay operated; no case for contempt was made out and the contempt case was closed, with liberty to challenge the cancellation order in the pending writ petition. Keywords: contempt, non-compliance of interim order, cancellation of appointment, Auxiliary Nurse Midwife, Bijapur, Chhattisgarh.