Vikram Singh v. Shri Jitendra Kumar Painkra
Case brief
What is this about?
CONT No. 880 of 2026, High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur, decided 09.07.2026 by Bibhu Datta Guru, J. Contempt petition by Vikram Singh, Panchayat Secretary, Gram Panchayat Malgawan, Janpad Panchayat Ambikapur, against Jitendra Kumar Painkra, Deputy Director, Local Fund Audit, Ambikapur, alleging wilful disobedience of the order dated 24.02.2026 in W.P.(S) No. 9466 of 2019 (challenge to grade pay calculation and consequential recovery). Held: the direction was only to consider and decide the representation; the respondent's communication dated 14.05.2026 amounted to compliance; no wilful disobedience; contempt petition dismissed. Keywords: contempt, wilful disobedience, compliance, representation, reasoned order, grade pay, recovery, Local Fund Audit, Panchayat Department.
What did the court decide?
Pursuant to the order dated 24.02.2026, respondent No. 4 considered the petitioner's representation and passed a reasoned communication thereon, observing that he was not the competent authority to rectify the alleged defect in the calculation made by the Panchayat Department and forwarding the matter to that Department.