M.Satyanarayan Patra Vs Arun Garg,Secy., W.R Dept., Odisha — Orissa HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

M.Satyanarayan Patra Vs Arun Garg,Secy., W.R Dept., Odisha — Orissa HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Contempt Petition disposed of with a last chance to the Opposite Parties-Contemnors to comply with the orders dated 02.01.2024 and 22.07.2024 within four weeks of service of certified copy (if not stayed by a higher forum) and to file a compliance report before the Registry within one week thereafter.

Issue for consideration

Whether the Opposite Parties-Contemnors have complied with the orders dated 02.01.2024 (W.P.(C) No.1473 of 2020) and 22.07.2024 (I.A. No.8782 of 2024), and what directions should issue upon the allegation of non-compliance.

Court's answer

By way of a last chance, the Court disposed of the Contempt Petition with a direction to the Opposite Parties-Contemnors to comply with the Court's direction dated 02.01.2024 in W.P.(C) No.1473 of 2020 and the order dated 22.07.2024 in I.A. No.8782 of 2024, if not already complied with.

Ratio / Principle

Compliance was to be effected within four weeks from service of a certified copy of the order on the Petitioner, provided the operation of the order/judgment had not been stayed by a higher forum, and a compliance report was to be filed before the Registry within one week thereafter.

Key takeaways

If the Court's order is not given effect to within the time stipulated, it will be construed to be a deliberate violation of the Court's order.ratio¶15

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Contempt — non-compliance of earlier orders — last chance granted: The Orissa High Court disposed of CONTC No.476 of 2025 filed by M. Satyanarayan Patra alleging non-compliance of the order dated 02.01.2024 in W.P.(C) No.1473 of 2020 and the order dated 22.07.2024 in I.A. No.8782 of 2024. As a last chance, the Opposite Parties-Contemnors were directed to comply with both orders, if not already complied with and not stayed by a higher forum, within four weeks of service of a certified copy of the order, and to file a compliance report before the Registry within one week thereafter. The Court clarified that failure to give effect to the order within the stipulated time would be construed as deliberate violation of its order.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK

CONTC No.476 of 2025

M. Satyanarayan Patra ..... Petitioner Represented By Adv. - M/s. Bijaya Kumar Parida (2) , M.B.Swain, A.P.Sahoo, P.Sahoo

-versus-

Arun Garg, The Secretary, Water ..... Opposite Parties/ Resources Department, Lok Seva Contemnors Bhawan, Bhubaneswar and others. Represented By Adv. – Mr. M.R. Patra, ASC

CORAM:

THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ADITYA KUMAR MOHAPATRA

ORDER

11.04.2025

Order No.

1. This matter is taken up through Hybrid Arrangement (Virtual /Physical Mode).

This Contempt Petition has been filed by the Petitioner for non-compliance of the order dated 02.01.2024 passed by this Court in W.P.(C) No.1473 of 2020 and order dated 22.07.2024 passed by this Court in I.A. No.8782 of 2024, arising out of W.P.(C) No.1473 of 2020.

Considering the submission made, this Court, by providing a last chance, deems it proper to dispose of the Contempt

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Petition with a direction to the Opposite Partes-Contemnors to comply with the direction of this Court dated 02.01.2024 passed by this Court in W.P.(C) No.1473 of 2020 and order dated 22.07.2024 passed by this Court in I.A. No.8782 of 2024, arising out of W.P.(C) No.1473 of 2020, if the same has not been complied with in the meantime, within a period of four weeks from the date of service of a certified copy of this order by the Petitioner, provided the operation of order/judgment has not been stayed by higher forum and file compliance report before the Registry of this Court within one week thereafter. It is made clear that in the event the order of the Court is not given effect to within the time stipulated hereinabove, it will be construed to be deliberate violation of this Court’s order.

4. The CONTC is, accordingly, disposed of.

( A.K. Mohapatra ) Judge

Debasis

Signature Not Verified

Digitally Signed Signed by: DEBASIS AECH Reason: Authentication Location: ORISSA HIGH COURT Date: 14-Apr-2025 17:06:42

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