ORDER :

The afore captioned Contempt of Court case has been instituted alleging patent and flagrant violation of the directives and guidelines issued by the Apex Court in the Celebrated case Arnesh Kumar Vs. State of Bihar (2014(8) SCC 273) : 2014 (3) KLJ 330.

2. The above contempt of Court case had come up for admission on 02.03.2022. Request for adjournment was made on behalf of the respondent. We did not issue notice at that stage. Request for adjournment was made on behalf of the respondent officer through the learned Senior Government Pleader for time to get instructions and to ensure that an affidavit is sworn to personally by the respondent Officer. Later the matter came up on 08.04.2022, on which day also, the plea for adjournment was made on behalf of the respondent officer stating that the case may be adjourned to enable him to personally swear to an affidavit. Still later, the matter came up after summer vacation on 30.05.2022, on which day also, the respondent officer has not even bothered to file any affidavit. On the other hand, again he sought for adjournment. On that day, the Counsel for the 1st petitioner had submitted that IA No.1 of 2022 has been filed by him in th