221 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH COCP-4774-2024 Date of decision: 01.09.2025 JOGESH KUMAR KAPUR & ORS.

..Petitioners Versus NISHANT KUMAR YADAV, IAS & ORS.

..Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SUDEEPTI SHARMA Present: Mr. Anmol Rattan Sidhu, Sr. Advocate (through VC)

Mr. Kunal Sharma, Advocate Mr. Abhimanyu Bishnoi, Advocate for the petitioners.

Mr. Parminder Kanwar, Advocate Mr. Rohit Kaushik, Advocate for respondent Nos.1 & 2- UT Chandigarh.

Mr. Sanjiv Ghai, Advocate for respondent No.3.

SUDEEPTI SHARMA , J. (Oral)

1. The present contempt petition has been filed for deliberate and intentional disobedience of order dated 22.07.2019 passed in CWP-6213-

2016, which is reproduced as under:-

“Accordingly, the writ petitions are disposed of with the following mandatory directions:-

i) The States of Punjab, Haryana and Union Territory, Chandigarh are directed to ensure that no loudspeaker or public address system shall be used by any person including religious bodies in Temples, Mosques and Gurudwaras without written permission of the authority even during day time, that too, by getting an undertaking that the noise level shall not exceed more than 10dB(A) peripheral