Abhay Singh v. Shailesh Kumar Pandey Sr.Superintendent of Police Ayodhya

Court No. - 4 Case :- CONTEMPT APPLICATION (CIVIL) No. - 1082 of 2021 Applicant :- Abhay Singh Opposite Party :- Shailesh Kumar Pandey Sr.Superintendent Of Police Ayodhya Counsel for Applicant :- Anuj Pandey,Sudhir Kumar Singh Hon'ble Rajesh Singh Chauhan,J.

¶1Case called out.

¶2Learned counsel for the applicant namely, Mr. Anuj Pandey is reported to be unwell today.

¶3However, Mr. Manish Kumar, learned Standing Counsel has stated that the order of the writ Court has been complied with in letter and spirit.

¶4The attention has been drawn to the order dated 06.03.2020 passed in Misc. Bench No.7143 of 2020 (Abhay Singh Vs. State of U.P. Through Secy. Home & Ors), which reads as follows: "Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.G.A. The instant writ petition has been filed with the following main prayer :- "To issue writ, order or direction in the nature of the mandamus whereby directing the opposite party no.3 to remove the criminal cases from the list of his criminal history in which he has been acquitted by the Court of law." We dispose of the writ petition with a direction to the petitioner to move a fresh representation in respect to his grievances as raised in the present writ petition annexing all the documents in support of his case to the opposite party no.3/Senior Superintendent of Police, District-Ayodhya within a period of three weeks from today and after receiving the same, the said authority shall decide the same within a period of six weeks in accordance with law by way of speaking and reasoned order. It is clarified that this Court has not adjudicated the claim of the petitioner on merit."

¶5Learned Standing Counsel has further drawn attention of this Court towards the affidavit of compliance filed on 25.09.2021 by the then Senior Superintendent of Police, Ayodhya demonstrating the order dated 09.08.2021 passed by the same authority taking decision in the issue of the applicant strictly in accordance with law.

¶6In the wake of aforesaid development, there is no purpose to adjourn the case on account of illness of the counsel for the applicant in as much as nothing remains to be adjudicated in the present contempt petition.

¶7Accordingly, the contempt petition is dismissed.

¶8Notice, if any, stands discharged. . [Rajesh Singh Chauhan,J.] Order Date :- 22.12.2023 -Amit K-High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench