Manoj Kumar v. Amit Sharma
Case brief
What is this about?
Punjab & Haryana High Court contempt petition COCP-737-2021 (Nidhi Gupta J., 12.01.2026): alleged violation of interim order dated 06.12.2017 in CWP-27753-2017 restraining disengagement of Peon/Driver appointees; main writ petition disposed 21.09.2023 pending Supreme Court ruling on regularization policy (Yogesh Tyagi's case); termination order dated 19.04.2024 (Annexure R-3) for want of post/workload left no scope for further directions; petition dismissed, Rule discharged. Keywords: contempt, COCP, interim order violation, termination of services, regularization policy, discharge of rule.
What did the court decide?
In view of the facts noted — disposal of the main writ petition on 21.09.2023 with liberty to revive or file afresh, and the respondents' order dated 19.04.2024 (Annexure R-3) terminating the petitioner's services for want of any post for regularisation and absence of workload, duly communicated to him, which counsel for the petitioner was unable to controvert — no further direction is required to be passed in the contempt petition.