HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN JODHPUR S.B. Writ Contempt No. 2/2022 Chandra Mohan Purohit ----Petitioner Versus The State Of Rajasthan & Ors.

----Respondent For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Pappu Sangwa For Respondent(s) : Mr. N.S. Rajpurohit, AAG with Mr. Sher Singh Mr. Sandeep Soni for Mr. B.L. Bhati, AAG Mr. Ravindra Puri for Mr. Rajesh Panwar, AAG Ms. Shweta Chouhan, IAS, DM Phalodi, present in person HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE REKHA BORANA

Order

12/03/2026

1. Vide order dated 11.02.2026, the Court passed the following order:

“1. A reply to the contempt petition has been filed on behalf of the respondents whereby it has been averred that the representation as filed by the petitioner has been decided vide order dated 23.12.2025 (Annexure-

R/1).

2. Vide order dated 23.12.2025, the petitioner has been held entitled for an alternate land and therefore, the proposal for sanction of an alternate land has already been sent to the State Government.

3. In the specific opinion of this Court, order dated 23.12.2025 cannot be said to be a compliance of order dated 20.01.2020 in its true letter and spirit for the following reasons: Firstly, no communication whereby the matter has been forwarded to the State Government has been annexed. Secondly, the directions vide order dated 20.01.2020 were to pass appropriate orders in favour of the petitioner. When once the respondents have held the petitioner entitled for an alternate land, appropriate orders of allotment deserved to be passed in his favour.

4. Last opportunity of four weeks is granted to the respondents to file the compliance report in its true letter and spirit.

5. If no such compliance report is filed by the next date, District Collector, Jodhpur shall remain present before the Court.

6. Put up on 12.03.2026.”

2. In pursuance to the above order, Collector, Phalodi is present before the Court. However, no compliance report/reply has been filed on behalf of the respondents even today.

3. Collector, Phalodi present before the Court, makes an oral submission that appropriate sanction would be granted by the Competent Authority within a period of four weeks and subsequent to the same, appropriate orders of allotment would be passed in favour of the petitioner.

4. It is evident that the order of which the disobedience has been alleged, was passed on 20.01.2020. Vide the same, the respondents were directed to look into the representations made by the petitioner and pass appropriate orders within a period of four weeks.

5. Vide the reply filed on 02.02.2026, it was submitted on behalf of the respondents that the representation of the petitioner has been decided vide order dated 23.12.2025 and hence, order dated 20.01.2020 stands complied with.

6. However, after perusing order dated 23.12.2025, this Court was of the opinion that the same cannot be termed to be a compliance of the order as vide order dated 20.01.2020, the Court had specifically directed the respondents to pass appropriate orders on the representation of the petitioner which was evidently for allotment of an alternate land. Vide order dated 23.12.2025, the respondents themselves admitted that the petitioner was entitled for allotment of an alternate land of 50 Bighas and further that the matter had been sent to the State Government for sanction.

7. Interestingly, even after order dated 11.02.2026 been passed by the Court, neither any sanction has been accorded by the authorities nor any order of allotment has been passed in favour of the petitioner, till date. Today also, only an oral submission has been made before the Court, without the said submission been substantiated by any documentary evidence.

8. In view of the above, this Court is of the clear opinion that a wilful disobedience of order dated 20.01.2020 has been made by the respondent Authorities and they therefore deserve to be punished. It is evident that despite communications been made by the Collector, the competent authority i.e. the Principal Secretary of the Revenue Department h