IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH COCP No.1456 of 2025 (O & M)

Date of decision :-16.04.2026 Mohinder …..Petitioner Versus Dr. Manoj Kumar, Deputy Commissioner, Sonipat and others …..Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NIDHI GUPTA Present:- Mr. Anand Kumar Maurya, Advocate for Mr. Parminder Singh, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Naveen Kumar, Addl. A.G., Haryana for respondents No.1 and 2.

Mr. Sandeep Parkash Chahar, Advocate for respondent No.3.

NIDHI GUPTA J. (Oral)

The present contempt petition has been filed alleging willful disobedience of the interim order dated 01.04.2024 (Annexure P-1), passed by a Division Bench of this Court in CWP-7156-2024 titled “Mohinder vs. State of Haryana and others”, whereby the parties were directed to maintain status quo with regard to the property in dispute.

Mr. Sandeep Parkash Chahar, Advocate has put in appearance and filed Power of Attorney on behalf of respondent No.3.

The same is taken on record.

At the outset, learned counsel for the respondents has invited the attention of this Court to the averments contained in paragraph 4 of the short reply dated 06.01.2026/31.12.2025, filed by way of affidavit of Shri Manish Malik,