$~41 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of decision: 6^th March, 2025 + CONT.CAS(C) 281/2025 TYRANCE T BENJAMIN .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Neeraj Kumar, Adv.

versus STATE (GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI) & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Tushar Sannu and Mr.

Shivraj Singh Tomar, Advs. with Mr. Rakesh Kumar, DTO, District Transport Officer and Mr. Jaideep, Sr. Assistant/DTO Officer.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DHARMESH SHARMA DHARMESH SHARMA, J. (ORAL)

1. The petitioner is seeking initiation of contempt proceedings against the respondents for alleged wilful defiance of the directions of this Court dated 10.09.2024.

2. Mr. Tushar Sannu, learned Standing Counsel for the respondents No.1 and 2 is present on advance notice and officials from the office of RTO, [Regional Transport Office] are present physically present in the Court on advance notice.

3. It appears that there was an issue about certain modification that were carried out by the RTO, Mathura, State of Uttar Pradesh as regards endorsement of the category of the driving license issued in Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:PRAMCOODNT.CAS(C) 281/2025 Page 1 of 5 favour of the petitioner. There was also an issue about some endorsement of the category of the driving license made by the RTO, Gurgaon. This Court vide impugned order dated 10.09.2024 referred to the earlier directions passed by this Court on 24.07.2024, which are as under:

“1. In pursuance of the order dated 06.05.2024 passed by this Court on the last date of hearing, the concerned officer is personally present.

2. Mr. Tushar Sannu, Advocate, who appears on behalf of the officer points out communications dated 18.07.2024 and 22.07.2024. According to him, the said communications are addressed to the District Transport Officer in the State of Haryana wherefrom the license in question was issued in favour of the petitioner.

3. He, therefore, submits that to upload the correct information on sarathi. parivahan.gov.in., the necessary steps will have to be taken by the concerned Transport Department.

4. He also submits that if further time is granted, he will personally look into the issue and ensure that the necessary information flows from the concerned Haryana Department enabling correct information being uploaded on sarathi.parivahan.gov.in .

5. To facilitate the aforesaid exercise, the Court directs the concerned Resident Commissioners of State of Haryana and State of U.P. to also render full co- operation to the Department of Transport, Government of NCT of Delhi.

6. Let this matter be called out on 28.08.2024.”

4. The learned Single Judge of this Court thereafter referred to the hearing conducted on 28.08.2024 and 02.09.2025 during which two status reports dated 02.09.2024 and 01.09.2024 and the following directions came to be passed:

Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:PRAMCOODNT.CAS(C) 281/2025 Page 2 of 5 “6. Having perused the Status Reports filed by the respondents, it is seen that the respondents vide Annexure R/A have reflected the correct COV details which can be seen from print out dated 02.09.2024. The document appears to have been issued from the Transport Department, Government of NCT of Delhi, Zonal Office, North West District-II , Rohini.

7. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner further submits that if the directions passed by this Court on 15.01 .2024 are perused in right perspective, the same would clearly indicate that there were obligations imposed on the part of the official respondents to carry out the correction in webpage/data extracted (Annexure P- 2 of the main writ petition). He has drawn the attention of this Court to paragraph no.5 of the aforesaid order.

8. Paragraph no.5 of the said order reads as under:-

"5. Accordingly, the present writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondent nos.1 and 2 to carry out the necessary rectification in the data depicted on its website so as to ensure that the aforesaid details are correctly recorded therein. In p