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Sharwan Manta …Respondent

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5. COPC No. 524 of 2025

Pushpa Sharma and others …Petitioners

Versus

Sharwan Manta f…Respondent

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6. COPC No. 527 of 2025

Lajender Singh Tomar and others …Petitioners

Versus

Sharwan Manta …Respondent

Coram C

The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Virender Singh, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?1

gFor the petitioner(s) : Mr. Onkar Jairath, Senior

Advocate, assisted by Dr. Lalit

Kumar Sharma, Mr. Nitin

Thakur, Mr. Anshul Jairath,

and Mr. Vanshaj Sharma,

Advocates.

For the respondent(s) : Mr. Dilip Sharma, Senior

Advocate, assisted by Mr.

Munish Sharma, Advocate.

Virender Singh, Judge.

The above-titled contempt petitions are being

decided by this common order, as, all these contempt

1 Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? Yes.

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petitions have been filed in CWPs No. 660 of 2018, 76 of

2020, 321 of 2020 and 860 of 2020, decided by this Court,

on 28^th March, 2024.

2. By way of judgment, dated 28^th March, 2024,

this Court has decided a bunch of peftitions, alongwith the

above-named writ petitions.

3. As per the record, the judgment, dated 28^th

March, 2024, had been assailed before the Division Bench

of this Court, by way of LPA No. 242 of 2024, which was

dismissed, on 4^th October, 2024.

4. By way of the contempt petitions in hand, a

phrayer has been made to initiate contempt proceedings,

gagainst the respondent, for willful disobedience of the

ijudgment, passed by this Court.

5. While deciding the above-noted writ petitions,

vide judgment, dated 28^th March, 2024, this Court has

granted the following relief, to the petitioners therein:

“19. Consequently in view of the detailed

discussion made hereinabove as well as law

taken into consideration, this Court finds

merit in the present petitions and accordingly

same are allowed and impugned order dated

12.12.2017 passed by respondent No. 2, in

all the petitions, is quashed and set-aside

and amount, if any, recovered on account of

the recovery proceedings, shall be refunded

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to the petitioners alongwith upto date

interest. Pending applications, if any, also

stands disposed of.”

6. It is not in dispute that this C.ourt, vide

judgment, dated 28^th March, 2024, has quashed the order,

dated 12^th December, 2017, passed by respondent No. 2

and directed the respondents to refund the amount, if any,

recovered, on account of the recovery proceedings.

However, by way of the above-titled contempt petitions, a

prayer has been made that by virtue of judgment, dated

28^th March, 2024, the order, dated 12^th December, 2017,

passed by respondent No. 2, has been quashed, as such,

their pay is required to be re-fixed, which has not been

done by the respondent.

7. The prayer for initiating the contempt

proceedings has been made, on the ground, that despite

the judgment, passed by this Court, quashing the order,

dated 12^th December, 2017, when the salary for the month

of September was credited into the accounts of the

petitioners, they realized that their salary has been

reduced. The said act of the respondent is stated to be not

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only contrary to the orders, passed by this Court, but, also

contemptuous.

8. On the basis of the above facts, a prayer has

been made to punish the respondent, for contempt of the

Court. f

9. Reply has been filed, in COPCs No. 916 of 2024

and 344 of 2025, in whicth, the factual position has not

been disputed, but, it has been prayed that all the

directions of this Court have been complied with and by

way of filing the Contempt Petitions, the petitioners cannot

claim the relief, which has not been granted to them, by

thhe Court.

g10. According to the respondent, there was no

iorder, with respect to re-fixation of the pay of the

petitioners, nor, there was any direction to restore their

pay.

11. As such, a prayer has be