Durga Prasad Dhirhe v. Punit Verma
Case brief
What is this about?
High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur; CONT No. 545 of 2025; decided 22.04.2025 by Bibhu Datta Guru, Judge; neutral citation 2025:CGHC:18036; NAFR. Petitioner: Durga Prasad Dhirhe (counsel Shri Sudhir Sharma). Respondent: Punit Verma, Chief Municipal Officer, Sakti (counsel Shri Ashish Tiwari, who had no instructions from the respondent at hearing). Subject: non-decision on petitioner's representation despite the Court's expectation in order dated 06.11.2024 in WPC No.5494/2024 (90-day period); Court held the writ order contained an expectation, not a direction; respondent directed to decide in accordance with law within 30 days; contempt petition disposed of. Keywords: contempt petition disposed; representation undecided; direction to take decision; Chief Municipal Officer Sakti; Chhattisgarh.
What did the court decide?
Contempt petition disposed of with a direction to the respondent to take a decision in accordance with law on the petitioner's representation within 30 days from receipt of a copy of the order; petitioner at liberty to apprise the respondent of the order.