IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA

AT CHANDIGARH

Reserved on: 21.11.2025

Date of decision: 18.12.2025

Uploaded on: 19.12.2025

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..Petitioner

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ARUN KUMAR GUPTA, ADDITIONAL CHIEF SECRETARY, GOVT.

OF HRY, INDUSTRIES & COMM., HRY & ORS

..Respondents

CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SUDEEPTI SHARMA

Present: Mr. Shailendra Jain, Sr. Advocate

with Ms. Ruchi Jain, Advocate

for the petitioner.

Mr. Ram Karan Sharma, DAG, Haryana.

Mr. Pritam Singh Saini, Advocate

Ms. Parul Saini, Advocate

for respondent No.3.

SUDEEPTI SHARMA, J.

1. The present contempt petition has been filed under Section 10/12 of the Contempt of Courts Act 1971 (in short ‘1971 Act’) for deliberate and intentional disobedience of order dated 28.01.2011 passed by

this Court in CWP-18018-2005.

2. A perusal of the same shows that the present contempt petition

is filed after a period of 13 years.

3. It would be apposite to reproduce Section 20 of 1971 Act, which

is reproduced as under:-

“20. Limitation for actions for contempt.—No court shall initiate any proceedings of contempt, either on its

own motion or otherwise, after the expiry of a period of one year from the date on which the contempt is alleged to have been committed.”