Ram Kripal v. Shri Sujeet Kumar,D.M. and 2 Others

Court No. - 9 Case :- CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 2963 of 2022 Applicant :- Ram Kripal Opposite Party :- Shri Sujeet Kumar,D.M. And 2 Others Counsel for Applicant :- Saral Singh,Satyendra Kumar Singh Hon'ble Rohit Ranjan Agarwal,J. The writ Court on 01.04.2019 in Public Interest Litigation (PIL) No.3464 of 2018 passed the following order : "Heard Sri Anurag Singh holding brief of Sri Saral Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri R.D. Misrha, learned Standing Counsel appearing for the State respondents and Sri Diwakar Singh, learned counsel appearing for the Gaon Sabha. Present petition has been filed seeking direction to the respondent authorities to protect Gaon Sabha land from private respondent nos. 6 to 9. Learned Standing Counsel has filed copy of the instruction dated 30.3.2019, which is taken on record. According to the instruction out of the list of sixteen persons, whose names were included in the list of residential patta as they belong to backward, landless and marginal agricultural labourer class, fourteen persons including the petitioner have been granted residential patta and it has been prayed that, therefore, no action is required in the present petition. In such view of the matter, prima facie, no further orders are required in the matter. The authority concerned may verify this fact as to whether any of the respondents herein are included in the said list or not and if the respondent / respndents are not included in the list of patta holder, action may be taken against the respondents / concerned persons under Section 67 of the U.P. Revenue Code, 2006. With this observation, present petition stands disposed of." Today a compliance affidavit has been filed on behalf of opposite party, which is taken on record. In para 6 of the compliance affidavit it has been stated that the order of the writ Court has been complied with and encroachment has been removed after the matter under Section 67 of the U.P. Revenue Code has been decided. As the order of the writ Court has been complied with, the contempt application has rendered infructuous and stands dismissed. Contempt notice stands discharged. Order Date :- 13.12.2023 Kushal High Court of Judicature at Allahabad