Mohinder Singh v. Komal Mittal, IAS
Case brief
What is this about?
Contempt of court petition; High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh; COCP-722-2026; decided 06.04.2026 by Nidhi Gupta, J. (oral). Petitioner: Mohinder Singh (counsel Sanyam Khetarpal); Respondent: Smt. Komal Mittal, Deputy Commissioner-cum-District Collector, SAS Nagar Mohali (State counsel Amtiaz Sandhu, AAG Punjab). Alleged violation of order dated 16.10.2025 in CWP-30772-2025 directing enforcement of Recovery Certificate within 02 months. Compliance report 05.04.2026: entire Rs. 20,85,707 recovered from M/s City Centre Developers vide Demand Draft No. 129867 dated 17.03.2026; petitioner admitted compliance. Disposed of as infructuous; rule discharged.
What did the court decide?
No further directions; contempt petition disposed of as having been rendered infructuous upon admitted compliance; rule discharged; pending application(s) disposed of. Recovery of the certified amount had already been effected in favour of the petitioner.