IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH COCP-1063-2026 Date of Decision: 10.03.2026 RAJESH BENIWAL AND ANR.

......Petitioners Vs.

SUMITA MISHRA, IAS AND OTHERS .....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SUDEEPTI SHARMA Present: Mr. Raman B. Garg, Advocate with Mr. Mayank Garg, Advocate and for the petitioners.

Mr. Harish Nain, AAG, Haryana.

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SUDEEPTI SHARMA J. (Oral)

1. The present contempt petition has been filed under Section 10 read with Section 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, for non- compliance of judgment dated 06.07.1994, whereby the following direction was issued:-

“For the reasons recorded above, this petition is allowed and orders passed by the settlement officer and Director Consolidation, Annexures P-4 and P-5 are quashed. A Direction is issued that the respondent-authorities would partition the joint khewat in accordance with the law and in view of the directions issued in C.W.P. Nos 1641 of 1960 and 1209 of 1969. Let directions issued in this order be complied within three months from today positively. Petition is allowed with costs which are quantified at Rs. 3000/-.”

2. A bare reading of above referred to direction shows that these were to be compl