Ram Karan Vs Mahavir Singh and Anr. — Punjab & Haryana HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

Ram Karan Vs Mahavir Singh and Anr. — Punjab & Haryana HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

No substantive relief; petition disposed of in similar terms as COCP-2045-2013 (Om Parkash and others vs. G. Anupama and another), i.e., as in that order, with liberty to challenge the speaking order passed by the State by availing any other and alternative remedy in accordance with law.

Issue for consideration

Whether contempt proceedings ought to be initiated against the respondents for alleged non-compliance with the order dated 18.1.1995 (Annexure P-1) passed by a co-ordinate Bench in CWP-11738-1988 (Sh. Vidya Nand and others vs. State of Haryana and others). +1 more

Ratio / Principle

The present contempt petition is disposed of in the same terms as COCP-2045-2013 (Om Parkash and others vs. G. Anupama and another), in which similar contempt petitions by similarly situated persons were dismissed on 24.7.2024 with liberty to challenge the speaking order passed by the State by availing any other and alternative remedy in accordance with law; no contempt proceedings were initiated.

Key takeaways

Pending application(s), if any, stand disposed of.ratio¶23

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Contempt of Court — Petition under COCP alleging non-compliance of order dated 18.1.1995 (Annexure P-1) of a co-ordinate Bench in CWP-11738-1988, Sh. Vidya Nand and others vs. State of Haryana and others — Counsel for petitioner fairly submitted that similar contempt petitions by persons similarly situated stood dismissed vide order dated 24.7.2024 (Annexure R-1) in COCP-2045-2013, Om Parkash and others vs. G. Anupama and another, with liberty to challenge the speaking order of the State through any other alternative remedy in accordance with law — Position confirmed in para 4(ii) of respondents' status report dated 24.4.2025 (affidavit of Dr. Vivek Aggarwal, Director General Elementary Education, Haryana, Panchkula) — Held: petition disposed of in similar terms as COCP-2045-2013; pending applications disposed of (Nidhi Gupta J., oral).

COCP-1417-2023 (O & M) 1

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

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COCP No.1417 of 2023 (O & M) Date of decision :-01.09.2025

Ram Karan

…..Petitioner

Versus

Mahavir Singh, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary to Government of Haryana and another

…..Respondents

CORAM:- HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NIDHI GUPTA

Present:Mr. Vikram Singh, Advocat e for the petitioner.

Mr. Priyavrat Parashar, AA G , Haryana.

NIDHI GUPTA J. (Oral)

Prayer in this petition is for initiation of contempt proceedi n gs against the respondents for n ot complying the order dated 18.1.199 5 (Annexure P-1) passed by a co-ordinate Bench of this Court in CWP-11738-1988 titled as “Sh. Vidya Nand and others vs. State of H aryana and others”.

At the very outset, it is ver y fairly submitted by learned counsel f or the petitioner that similar contempt petitions filed by persons similarly situated as the pr e sent petitioner, have been dismisse d vide order dated 24.7.2024 (Annexure R-1) passed in COCP-2 0 45-2013 titled as “Om Parkas h and others vs. G. Anupama and anot h er” with liberty to the petition e rs to challenge the speaking

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COCP-1417-2023 (O & M)

order pas s ed by the State by availing any other and alternative remedy in accord a nce with law.

This fact has been mention e d in para 4(ii) of the Status Report d a ted 24.4.2025 filed by the resp o ndents by way of affidavit of Dr. Viv e k Aggarwal, Director Gen e ral Elementary Education, Haryana, Panchkula on behalf of respon d ents No.1 and 2, in which it has spec i fically been mentioned that “i i . The Hon’ble High Court had alre a dy dismissed all the contempt p e titions (which were listed on 24.7.202 4 ) filed in terms of judgmen t dated 18.1.1995 vide its judgment dated 24.7.2024 (Annexure R- 1 ) in COCP No.2045 of 2013 titled as ‘ Om Parkash and others vs. G. A nupama & another’…..”.

Therefore, it is submitted by learned counsel for the petitione r that the present petition may b e disposed of in similar terms as in C O CP-2045-2013 titled as “Om Parkash and others vs. G. Anupam a and another”.

Ordered accordingly.

Pending application(s), if an y , shall stands disposed of.

Septemb e r 01, 2025 ( NIDHI GUPTA ) Vijay Asija JUDGE

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

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