IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI
Cont. Case (Civil) No. 23 of 2011
Ram Lagan Singh ...... Petitioner
Versus
The State of Jharkhand & others ...... Opposite Parties
CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE D.N. PATEL
For the Petitioner : Mr. P.K. Mukhopadhyay, Advocate
For Opposite Party Nos. 2 & 3 : Mr. Indrajit Sinha, Advocate
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04/Dated: 29 April, 2011
1.
Having heard learned counsel for both the sides and looking to the order,
for the noncompliance of which this contempt application has been preferred,
it appears that the direction given by this Court reads as under:
“3. In view of these submissions, I hereby direct the Respondent no. 1 to treat
this writ petition as a representation and to decide the same, within a period of
sixteen weeks, from the date of the receipt of a copy of the order passed by this
Court, in accordance with law, rules, regulations, policies and enforceable
Government orders, after giving an opportunity of being heard to the petitioner
or to his representative.
4. If the representation is decided in favour of the petitioner then the amount
payable to the petitioner along with statutory interest will be paid within a
further period of four weeks.”
2. In view of the aforesaid direction, decision is taken by the respondents
which has been communicated to the lawyer of the opposite party nos 2 and 3
vide letter no. 536 dated 21st April, 2011.
3. The representation of the petitioner has already been decided and legally
payable amount is at Rs. 7,04,089/ out of which 30% of the amount is ready,
which will be paid by account payee cheque and at any time, the petitioner
may come and collect the same from the office of opposite parties, if not
already collected. The rest 70% amount of Rs. 7,04,089/ will be paid within a
period of one month.
4. Learned counsel for opposite party nos. 2 and 3 is agreeing for making
payment of rest of amount within a period of one month. In case of any
difficulty, an application is permitted to be preferred in this contempt
application.
5. The contempt application is, hereby, disposed of, in view of the aforesaid
directions.
(D.N. Patel, J.)
Ajay/