Govind Singh Bisht v. Pawan Kumar, Director and Another

Court No. - 9 Case :- CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 6193 of 2023 Applicant :- Govind Singh Bisht Opposite Party :- Pawan Kumar, Director And Another Counsel for Applicant :- Harsh Vijay,Neeraj Mishra Hon'ble Rohit Ranjan Agarwal,J.

¶1The writ Court on 05.09.2022 while disposing of Writ-A No.13292 of 2022 had passed the following order : "Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing Counsel for the respondents no. 1 to 4. By means of present writ petition, the petitioner has prayed for writ of mandamus directing the respondents no. 2 and 4 to approve and pay the selection grade promotional pay scale/Assured Career Progression (A.C.P) to the petitioner like another IVth Class employee, namely Chandan Singh Bishat within specified period as directed by this Court and further direct the respondent no.4 to decide the application/representation dated 06.12.2018 of the petitioner within a specific time. After arguing for some time, it is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that it will be suffice if the respondent no.2 is directed to decide his pending representation appended as Annexure No.7 to the present writ petition dated

18.02.2019 to which learned Standing Counsel has no objection. In view of the above, liberty is given to the petitioner to move a fresh representation to respondent no.2 within three weeks from today. In case such a representation is made within the stipulated time, the same shall be decided by respondent no.2 in accordance with law by passing a reasoned and speaking order within a further period of 8 weeks. In view of the above, the petition is disposed of."

¶2From perusal of the order it is clear that a liberty was given to the applicant to move fresh representation, which was to be decided by the opposite party.

¶3Today instructions have come, which are taken on record.

¶4Learned Standing Counsel informs that the representation has been decided by the opposite party on 25th October, 2023.

¶5As the order of writ Court was only to the extent to decide representation, which the authority has done, the contempt application has rendered infructuous and stands dismissed.

¶6Contempt notice stands discharged. Order Date :- 27.10.2023 Kushal High Court of Judicature at Allahabad