Banwari Lal Sharma S/O Shri Ramnarayan Sharma Vs Shri Vishram Meena

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[2025:RJ-JP:14830-DB]

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR

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D.B. Civil Contempt Petition No. 302/2025

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Banwari Lal Sharma S/o Shri Ramnarayan Sharma, Aged About 60 Years, R/o Gali No. 6, Shivaji Colony, Newai, District Tonk, Rajasthan

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Govind Lal Sharma S/o Prabhu Narayan Sharma, Aged About 66 Years, R/o Gali No. 6, Shivaji Colony, Newai, District Tonk, Rajasthan

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Mahesh Kumar Motwani S/o Paroomal, Aged About 62 Years, R/o Sindhi Colony, Gali No.4, Newai, District Tonk, Rajasthan

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Kailash Chand Gurjar S/o Lala Ram Gurjar, Aged About 50 Years, R/o Khanya Ki Dhani, Post Jugalpura, Newai, District Tonk, Rajasthan

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Om Prakash Sharma S/o Hari Dutt Sharma, Aged About 54 Years, R/o B-25, Shakti Nagar, Dev Nagar Marg, Tonk Road, Jaipur, Rajasthan

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Ghanshyam Pareek S/o Hari Narayan Pareek, Aged About 56 Years, R/o 188, Shyama Prasad Mukharji Nagar, Newai, District Tonk, Rajasthan

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----Petitioners

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Versus

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Shri Vishram Meena, Secretary, Department Of Sanskrit Education, Government Of Rajasthan, Secretariat, Jaipur

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Priyanka Jodhawat, Commissioner, Sanskrit Education, Shiksha Sankul, J.l.n. Marg, Jaipur (Raj.)

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Shri Devendra Pal Singh, Principal, Govt. Senior Secondary School, Newai, District Tonk, Administrator, Shri Sanatan Dharam Varisht Uppadhay Sanskrit Vidhyalaya, Newai, District Tonk (Raj.)

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State Of Rajasthan, Through Secretary, Department Of Sanskrit Education, Government Of Rajasthan, Secretariat, Jaipur

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----Respondents

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For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Ishwar Jainr

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HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MR. MANINDRA MOHAN SHRIVASTAVA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANAND SHARMA

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Order

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02/04/2025

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The contempt petition has been filed alleging disobedience of an order passed by this Court on 06.11.2015.

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[CCP-302/2025]

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(2 of 3)

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The order passed by this Court was a judgment in rem.

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The respondents shall consider the case of the petitioners. Instead of issuing notice on contempt, we are inclined to dispose of this petition with a direction that the case of the petitioners shall also be examined in terms of an order dated 01.12.2021 passed by this Court in the case of Shri Banwari Lal Bhukar &

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Anr. vs. Anoop Khinchi & Ors.-D.B. Civil Contempt Petition No.740/2016 and other connected matters wherein this Court had given detailed directions as below:-

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“1. It shall be an obligation on the part of the Commissioner, College Education to immediately release the dues payable to the petitioners as per the directions issued by this Court from time to time and the directions which have already been issued by the Hon’ble Supreme Court on 09.09.2021 in the case of State of Rajasthan Versus Manju Saxena & Ors., Special Leave to Appeal (c) No.13791/2019, wherein, the Hon’ble Supreme Court had directed compliance to be made within a period of eight weeks.

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A brief, but clear order regarding compliance of the order in respect of each of the contempt petitioners will have to be passed by the concerned Directorate within a period of ten weeks from today.

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The orders in respect of each of the contempt petitioners, which are required to be passed clearly stating compliance of the order, shall be reported directly to the Registry of this Court, which shall be placed before this Court under a separate registered case.

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With the aforesaid observations and directions, this contempt petition, at this stage, is disposed off, however, with liberty to revive, if any grievance still remains unredressed.”

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All the authorities including the Secretariat of the Department of College Education as also the private school education officials shall be under an obligation to provide necessary information, if any demanded by Commissionerate of

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[CCP-302/2025]

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(3 of 3)

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College Education, towards compliance of the order which was passed earlier by this Court and in the case referred to hereinabove.

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(ANAND SHARMA),J

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(MANINDRA MOHAN SHRIVASTAVA),CJ