Onkar Mal Jat S/O Shri Udai Ram Jat Vs Shubhra Singh — Rajasthan HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

Onkar Mal Jat S/O Shri Udai Ram Jat Vs Shubhra Singh — Rajasthan HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

Both connected contempt petitions (S.B. Civil Contempt Petition Nos. 351/2024 and 334/2024) disposed of; liberty expressly reserved to the petitioners to take legal action in relation to the Department's order dated 25-01-2025; notices issued to the respondents cancelled.

Issue for consideration

Whether, in view of the compliance reported with the Court's order dated 31-01-2024 and the Department's order dated 25-01-2025, the two pending contempt proceedings against the Principal Secretary and the Additional Director (Administration), Medical & Health Services, should continue or be brought to a close, with liberty preserved to the petitioners to pursue lawful remedies in respect of the order dated 25-01-2025.

Court's answer

Granting the petitioners the aforesaid liberty to seek appropriate legal recourse in relation to the Department's order dated 25-01-2025, this Court disposed of both contempt proceedings (Nos. 351/2024 and 334/2024), and likewise brought to an end the notices issued to the opposing parties/respondents.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Uma Shanker Vyas (High Court of Judicature for Rajasthan, Jaipur Bench; [2025:RJ-JP:44012], dated 03/11/2025) disposed of two connected civil contempt petitions - S.B. Civil Contempt Petition No. 351/2024 (Onkar Mal Jat, Sanwar Mal Saran and Hans Raj) and S.B. Civil Contempt Petition No. 334/2024 (Dinesh Kumar Sharma) - pending against Shubhra Singh, Principal Secretary (Medical Health), Rakesh Sharma, Additional Director (Administration), Medical & Health Services, and the State of Rajasthan. The Additional Advocate General presented a copy of the Department's order dated 25-01-2025 and submitted that compliance of the Court's order dated 31-01-2024 stood completed; appearing counsel for the petitioners responded that the copy had been furnished to him only that day. Considering the circumstances, and while expressly reserving the petitioners' liberty to pursue lawful remedies concerning the Department's order dated 25-01-2025, the Court disposed of both contempt proceedings and cancelled the notices issued to the respondents. Body text in Hindi (legacy encoding); no statute or precedent cited; no monetary relief involved.

[2025:RJ-JP:44012]

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR

S.B. Civil Contempt Petition No. 351/2024

Onkar Mal Jat S/o Shri Udai Ram Jat, Aged About 46 Years, R/o Village Chainpura, Post Gogasar, Tehsil Ratangarh, District Churu, Rajasthan.

Sanwar Mal Saran S/o Shri Manphool Ram Saran, Aged About 42 Years, R/o Ward No. 11, Pani Ki Tanki Ke Pass, Chainpura, Churu, Rajasthan.

Hans Raj S/o Shri Rameshwar Lal, Aged About 41 Years, R/o Khuri, District Churu, Rajasthan.

----Petitioners

Versus

Shubhra Singh, Principal Secretary, Department Of Medical Health Services, Government Of Rajasthan, Government Secretariat Jaipur Rajasthan.

Shri Rakesh Sharma, Additional Director (Administration) Medical And Health Services Rajasthan, Jaipur.

State Of Rajasthan, Through Principal Secretary, Department Of Medical Health Services, Government Of Rajasthan, Government Secretariat Jaipur Rajasthan.

----Respondents

Connected With

S.B. Civil Contempt Petition No. 334/2024

Dinesh Kumar Sharma S/o Shri Arvind Kumar Sharma, Aged About 44 Years, R/o 153, Indra Colony, Station Road, Malpura, Tonk District Tonk (Rajasthan)

----Petitioner

Versus

Shubhra Singh, Principal Secretary, Department Of Medical Health Services, Government Of Rajasthan, Government Secretariat, Jaipur Rajasthan

Shri Rakesh Sharma, Additional Director (Administration) Medical And Health Services Rajasthan, Jaipur

State Of Rajasthan, Through Principal Secretary, Department Of Medical Health Services, Government Of Rajasthan, Government Secretariat, Jaipur Rajasthan

----Respondents

[2025:RJ-JP:44012]	(2 of 2) [CCP-351/2024]
For Petitioner(s)	: Mr. Laxmi Kant, Adv.
For Respondent(s)	: Ms. Tanvisha Pant, Adv. for Mr. Vigyan Shah, AAG

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE UMA SHANKER VYAS

Judgment / Order

03/11/2025

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