Ram Raj and Anr v. Abhay Kumar Pandey Spl.Land Acquisition Officer and Anr

Court No. - 4 Case :- CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 2701 of 2019 Applicant :- Ram Raj And Anr. Opposite Party :- Abhay Kumar Pandey Spl.Land Acquisition Officer And Anr. Counsel for Applicant :- Avanish Tewari,Vijay Kumar Tewari Counsel for Opposite Party :- Sandesh Sinha,Lavkush Pratap Singh,Samidha Hon'ble Rajesh Singh Chauhan,J.

¶1Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Standing counsel and Ms. Jyotsna Singh, learned counsel for NHAI.

¶2Learned Standing counsel submitted that the order of the writ Court has been complied with. Supplementary affidavit/affidavit of compliance for the same is already on record.

¶3Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that while depositing the award the interest has not been calculated therefore, the order of compliance may not be treated as true compliance of the order of the Writ Court.

¶4Be that as it may, if the direction of the writ court have been complied with and in the amount of award the interest has not been added, the same may not be looked into by the contempt Court, in as much as there was no specific direction for providing the interest. Further, if the petitioner should have been paid the interest in the amount of award, he may raised this grievance before the appropriate Court of law/authority, strictly in accordance with law. For that no directions may be issued by the contempt Court.

¶5Accordingly, the contempt application is dismissed.

¶6Notices, if any, stand discharged. Order Date :- 8.12.2023 Vipul High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench