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Kapoor Singh v. Kamlesh Kumar Pant and Others

Himachal Pradesh HC14 Aug 2025COPC/878/2025

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Keywords: contempt of court; COPC; disobedience/non-compliance with writ mandamus; work-charge status w.e.f. 01.01.1998 on notional basis; regularization in Education Department; pay fixation; office order dated 11.07.2025; Surajmani, Civil Appeal No.1595 of 2025 (Apex Court, 06.02.2025); CWP No.4434 of 2025, judgment dated 27.03.2025; Kapoor Singh v. Kamlesh Kumar Pant; Himachal Pradesh High Court; Justice Sandeep Sharma; liberty to revive petition.

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Contempt proceedings closed without any contempt finding; respondents directed to complete pay fixation expeditiously, preferably within four weeks; liberty reserved to the petitioner to seek revival of the petition in default. ¶16

Kapoor Singh Vs Kamlesh Kumar Pant and Others — Himachal Pradesh HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL P RADESH, SHIMLA

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COPC No.878 of 2025

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Date of Decision: 14.08.2025

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___________________________________________________________ Kapoor Singh ……...Petitioner Versus Kamlesh Kumar Pant and Others …....Respondents

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Coram

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Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sandeep Sharma, Judge.

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Whether approved for reporting?

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____________________________________________________________ For the Petitioner: Mr. Bhupinder Thakur, Advocate. For the Respondents: Mr. Anup Rattan, Advocate General, with Mr. Rajan Kahol, Mr. Vishal Panwar and Mr. B.C. Verma, Additional Advocates General, with Mr. Ravi Chauhan, Deputy Advocate General, for respondents No.1 & 3.

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Ms. Kiran Dhiman, Advocate, for respondent No.2.

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Sandeep Sharma, J. (Oral)

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By way of instant petition, prayer has been made on behalf of the petitioner for initiation of contempt proceedings against the respondents for their having allegedly disobeyed the mandate contained in the judgment dated 27.03.2025 passed in CWP No.4434 of 2025, titled Kapoor Singh Vs. State of H.P. and Others, wherein direction came to be issued to the competent authority to consider and decide the representation of the petitioner in accordance with law as well as taking into consideration the judgment dated 06.02.2025, passed by Hon’ble Apex

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Court in Civil Appeal No.1595 of 2025, titled Sate of H.P. and Others Vs. Surajmani and Another, within a period of four weeks.

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Since despite there being aforesaid direction, no steps, whatsoever, came to be taken at the behest of the respondents for doing the needful, petitioner has approached this Court in the instant proceedings.

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Before notice, if any, could be issued in the instant proceedings, Ms. Kiran Dhiman, Advocate, has put in appearance on behalf of respondent No.2. While placing on record copy of office order dated 11.07.2025, Ms. Kiran Dhiman, Advocate, states that respondents after having considered the case of the petitioner in light of Surajmani case (supra), have conferred the benefit of work-charge status w.e.f. 01.01.1998 on notional basis, till his regularization in the Education Department.

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In view of the above, no action of respondents can be said to be contumacious and accordingly the present proceedings are closed, with the direction to respondents to ensure that pay fixation, if not already done, is done expeditiously, preferably, within a period of four weeks. Liberty is reserved to the petitioner to get the present petition revived, in case needful is not done within the stipulated period, enabling this Court to pass appropriate order against the erring officials.

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(Sandeep Sharma), Judge

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August 14, 2025 ( Rajeev Raturi )

Kapoor Singh v. Kamlesh Kumar Pant and Others

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