IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 24.02.2026 Arun Kumar .… Petitioner Versus Dr. Saket Kumar, IAS and others .... Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NIDHI GUPTA Present: - Mr. Mohit, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Naveen Kumar, Addl. A.G., Haryana.

Mr. Ajoy Vijrania, Advocate for respondent No. 6.

NIDHI GUPTA, J.

1. The present contempt petition has been filed alleging violation of order dated 22.11.2012 (Annexure P-1) passed by the Division Bench of this Court in CWP-3221-2011, titled as ‘Rajpal and another vs. State of Haryana and others’, whereby it was directed as follows: -

“....We therefore, direct the Director, Development and Panchayat, Chandigarh to reconsider the matter and direct the government to ensure that in future gair mumkin johars or water bodies, are not diverted to any other use, and are, in fact, protected, cleaned and recharged.....”

2. It is, inter alia, submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that in flagrant violation of the above said direction of the Hon’ble Division Bench, the Sarpanch, Gram Panchayat Sarupgarh, Tehsil and District Charkhi Dadri, wants to change the nature of the Johar comprised in land measu