Raj Kumar and Anr. v. Vijay Kumar Bidhuri Commissioner Secretary Revenue Deptt and Others
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CCP(D) No. 69/2022 in [WP (C) No. 1692/2020]; contempt petition; land acquisition and compensation; High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh at Jammu; order (oral) 01.05.2024; coram Atul Sreedharan and Rajesh Sekhri (JJ.). Petitioners: Raj Kumar and Pritam Kumar Raina, sons of late Sham Dass, Village Thanda Pani, Tehsil Sunderbani, District Rajouri (counsel: Shamas Ud Din Shaaz, Advocate). Respondents: Vijay Kumar Bidhuri (Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Revenue Deptt.), Shailendra Kumar (Commissioner-cum-Secretary, PW(R&B)), Vikas Kundal (Collector Land Acquisition, DC Rajouri), Prakash Chandra Tanoch (Chief Engineer, PW(R&B) Jammu), Mohd Ashraf (Executive Engineer, PW(R&B) Nowshera), Neeraj Sharma (Assistant Executive Engineer, PW(R&B) Sunderbani); counsel: Mrs. Monika Kohli, Sr. AAG (R-1&3) and Mr. Ravinder Gupta, AAG (R-2,4,5&6). Underlying order dated 11.08.2021 by the Coordinate Bench disposed of WP(C) No. 1692/2020 directing initiation of acquisition of the petitioners' land and payment of compensation strictly in accordance with the rules, without fixing a compliance timeline. Disposition: contempt petition disposed of; contemnors ordered to comply within seven months, not beyond 03.12.2024; liberty reserved to file a fresh contempt petition on failure. No statutes or precedents cited.