IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH ***

COCP-4810-2025 Date of decision : 12.11.2025 Sarla Yadav and another ... Petitioners Versus Chander Shekhar Khare and others ... Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKAS BAHL Present: Mr.Jugam Arora, Advocate and Mr.J.S. Bhogal, Advocate for the petitioners.

Ms.Nihar Bala, Advocate for Mr.Harmanjot Singh Gill, Advocate for the respondents.

VIKAS BAHL, J.(ORAL)

1. On 11.11.2025, this Court was pleased to pass the following order:-

“Present: Mr. R.K. Arora, Senior Advocate with Mr.Jugam Arora, Advocate, Mr.Prabhat K.Jalbera, Advocate and Mr.J.S. Bhogal, Advocate for the petitioners.

Mr.Harmanjot Singh Gill, Advocate and Ms.Nihar Bala, Advocate for the respondents. Ms.Vaishali Singh, respondent no.2 in person (through V.C.).

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A Division Bench of this Court vide order dated

11.07.2025 had disposed of the CWP-19067-2025 by passing the following order:-

“4. Without commenting on merits of the case, the present petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No.3-Administrator, Haryana Shaheri Vikas Pradhikaran to look into the pending representation dated 19.06.2025 (Annexures P-3) and pass an appropriate reasoned order thereon, in accordance with law, preferably within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of copy/production of this order.

5. Pending application(s), if any, shall also stand disposed of.”

Since there was no compliance of the said order, the petitioners were forced to file the present contempt petition. On 19.09.2025, this Court was pleased to pass the following order:-

“Present:- Mr. Jugam Arora, Advocate for the petitioners.

Ms. Nihar Bala, Advocate, for Mr. Harmanjot Singh Gill, Advocate for the respondents-HSVP.

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Learned counsel for the respondents prays for two weeks time to submit the compliance report.

Adjourned to 14.10.2025.

To be taken up in the urgent list.

September 19, 2025”

Thereafter on 14.10.2025, this Court was pleased to pass the following order:-

“Present:- Mr. Jugam Arora, Advocate for the petitioners.

Ms. Nihar Bala, Advocate for Mr. Harmanjot Singh Gill, Advocate for the respondents-HSVP.

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Last opportunity is granted to the respondents to comply with the order dated

11.07.2025.

Adjourned to 04.11.2025.

To be taken up in the urgent list.

14.10.2025”

Again, since compliance had not been done, this Court was pleased to pass the following order on 04.11.2025:-

“Present: Mr.Nikhil Singh, Advocate for the petitioners.

Mr.H.S. Gill, Advocate for the respondents.

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Learned counsel for the respondents prays for another adjournment to comply with the order passed by the Division Bench dated

11.07.2025.

A perusal of the paper book would show that earlier also, two dates have been taken. On 14.10.2025, it was specifically mentioned that the last opportunity is granted to the respondents to comply with the order dated 11.07.2025.

Adjourned to 11.11.2025.

To be shown in the urgent list.

It is made clear that in case the order is not complied with and the compliance report is not submitted, then, respondents no.1 and 2 are directed to appear in person before this Court on the next date of hearing.

November 04, 2025”

When the case was taken up in the morning, neither the compliance report had been submitted nor the orders had been complied with, nor respondents no.1 and 2 had appeared in the Court. Accordingly, a request for pass over was made and the matter was passed over and at 11:20 AM, when the matter was taken up again, respondent no.2 appeared through video conferencing. However, respondent no.1 has not appeared. When this Court was about to proceed further to initiate action in the present matter, learned counsel for the respondents apologized to the Court and submitted that the order of the Court would be complied with today itself and for the inconvenience caused to the petitioners and the litigation expenses borne by the petitioners, the respondents would pay Rs.25,000/- to each of the petitioners before 12 o’clock tomorrow.

Adjourned to 12.11.2025.

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