B.S. Dhillon Vs Mukesh Kumar Ahuja — Punjab & Haryana HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

B.S. Dhillon Vs Mukesh Kumar Ahuja — Punjab & Haryana HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Petition dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to take recourse to the appropriate remedy available as per law regarding the complete arrears alleged not released; rule stands discharged; pending applications disposed of; CM-20888-CII-2024 allowed as prayed for.

Issue for consideration

Whether contempt proceedings be initiated against the respondent for alleged non-compliance of the order dated 12.10.2022 passed by a co-ordinate Bench in CWP-4595 of 2016 directing implementation of the Financial Commissioner's order dated 30.1.2007 in letters and spirit within two months.

Court's answer

Contempt petition dismissed as withdrawn, with liberty to the petitioner to take recourse to the appropriate remedy available as per law in respect of the arrears alleged not to have been completely released.

Ratio / Principle

CM-20888-CII-2024 allowed as prayed for.

Key takeaways

Consequent to dismissal of the contempt petition as withdrawn with the liberty aforesaid, rule stands discharged and pending applications stand disposed of.ratio¶23

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Contempt — COCP-1071-2023 (O&M) — Petition by B.S. Dhillon against Shri Mukesh Kumar Ahuja, Chief Administrator, Haryana State Agricultural Marketing Board, for alleged non-compliance of order dated 12.10.2022 passed by a co-ordinate Bench in CWP-4595 of 2016 (B.S. Dhillon vs. State of Haryana and another), which had directed implementation of the Financial Commissioner's order dated 30.1.2007 (Annexure P-2) in letters and spirit within two months, with liberty to seek interest on arrears of salary for the last 14 years. Compliance was effected vide order dated 19.7.2023 (Annexure R-1), whereupon arrears were released alongwith interest; petitioner contended complete arrears remained unreleased. Held: petition dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to take recourse to appropriate remedy as per law; rule discharged; pending applications disposed of; CM-20888-CII-2024 allowed as prayed for. Nidhi Gupta J. (Oral); decided 21.08.2025.

COCP-1071-2023 (O & M)

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

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CM-20888-CII - 2024 in/and COCP No.1071-2023 (O & M) Date of decision :-21.08.2025

B.S. Dhillon

…..Petitioner

Versus

Shri Mukesh Kumar Ahuja, Chief Administrator, Haryana State Agricultural Marketing Board, C-6, Sector 6, Panchkula

…..Respondent

CORAM:- HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NIDHI GUPTA

Present:Mr. Nonish Kumar, Advoca t e for the petitioner.

Ms. Baani Chhibber Mahaja n , Advocate for the respondent.

NIDHI GUPTA J. (Oral)

CM-20888-CII-2024

Allowed as prayed for.

COCP-1071-2023 (O & M)

Prayer in this petition is for initiation of contempt proceedi n gs against the respondent for n o t complying the order dated 12.10.20 2 2 (Annexure P-1) passed by a co-ordinate Bench of this Court in CWP-4595 of 2016 titled as “B.S. Dhillon vs. State of Haryana a nd another” vide which the pe t ition was disposed of with a direction to the respondents “…to impl e ment order dated 30.1.2007 (Annexur e P-2) passed by the Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretar y to Government of Haryana, Agricultural Department in

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COCP-1071-2023 (O & M) 2

letters a n d spirit within a period of t w o months from the date of receipt o f copy of this order. Learned co u nsel for the petitioner prays that the petitioner be also given a li b erty to file a appropriate represen t ation before the respondents fo r payment of interest for not releasing the arrears of salary by the r e spondent-Board for the last 14 years. Ordered accordingly.”

Learned counsel for the peti t ioner submits that he may be permitte d to withdraw the present con t empt petition as necessary complian c e has been made by the re s pondents vide order dated 19.7.202 3 (Annexure R-1) whereupon a rrears due to the petitioner have be e n released to him alongwith interest thereupon. It is, however, submitted that the complete a rrears due to the petitioner have not been released. Accordingly l e arned counsel prays that he may be permitted to withdraw the prese n t petition with liberty to take recourse t o the appropriate remedy availa b le to him, as per law.

Dismissed as withdrawn w i th the liberty aforesaid. Rule stands discharged. Pending application(s), if an y , shall stands disposed of.

August 2 1 , 2025 ( NIDHI GUPTA ) Vijay Asija JUDGE

Whether sp e aking/reasoned Yes / No Whether Re p ortable Yes / No

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