Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, Miscellaneous Jurisdiction Case No.777 of 2023 (arising from LPA No. 1 of 2022); petitioner Raj Kumar versus State of Bihar officials including Principal Secretary, Planning and Development; Development Commissioner (Chairman, Up Mission cum appellate Authority); District Magistrate, Deputy Development Commissioner, Deputy Collector-cum-Nodal Officer, District Planning Officer, Patna. Contempt for alleged non-compliance of Division Bench order dated 20.12.2022 directing payment of salary arrears up to 27.11.2019 (contract end date) within two months. Compliance found; contempt application disposed of on 02-04-2026; bench: Sudhir Singh and Shailendra Singh, JJ.; per Sudhir Singh, J.
What did the court decide?
No fresh directions or relief; the Court, having found that the Division Bench's directions of 20.12.2022 in LPA No. 1 of 2022 were already complied with, disposed of the contempt application, and pending application(s), if any, were also ordered to stand disposed of.