This court dismissed a contempt application against the respondents who assured continued payment of retirement dues in installments, reserving liberty to the applicant.
Contempt application dismissed with liberty to approach the court in case of future difficulty in payment.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI
Cont. Case (Civil) No. 421 of 2016
Ram Naresh Sharma … … … … … Petitioner
Versus
… ... ... Opp. Parties
CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE D. N. PATEL
For the Petitioner: M/s. Someshwar Roy, Advocate For the Opp. Parties: M/s. Bhawesh Kumar, Ravi Kumar
05 /Dated: 20th January , 2017
Per D.N. Patel, J.
1) Learned counsel for the respondents-Mineral Area Development Authority submitted that monthly installment of Rs.50,000/- and in some cases Rs.25,000/- are being paid towards retiral dues to its retired employees. As a matter of fact, the respondents-Mineral Area Development Authority is making payment to the employees and retired employees from its own limited financial resources and hence, sometimes they are paying this monthly installment slightly at a belated stage. Nonetheless, the counsel for the respondents, upon instruction from his client-Mineral Area Development Authority, submitted that they shall continue to make payment of retiral dues in installments to the applicant till the whole amount of retiral dues is paid.
2) On this assurance, there is no willful disobedience by the respondents of the order passed by this Court in the earlier writ petition, for the non-compliance of which, this contempt application has been preferred.
3) Hence, this contempt application is hereby dismissed. Nonetheless, liberty is reserved with the applicant to move this Court in case of any difficulty.
Manoj
2 issues framed by the court
Whether the contempt application against non-compliance with an earlier order should be allowed in view of the assurance of future payment.
Whether imprisonment should ensue for the delay in payment of retirement dues.
Ram Naresh Sharma
Sri Anil Kumar Pandey
The State of Jharkhand
D.N. Patel
As recorded by the court registry
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