S.B.CIVIL CONTEMPT PETITION NO.327/2008 Halia Vs. P.L. Solanki & Anr. Date of Order :: 4.11.2008 HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE GOVIND MATHUR Mr. Ravindra Singh, for the petitioner. ... On 28.3.2008 in SBCivil Writ Petition No.2636/2007 a direction was given to make payment of wages to the respondent-workman as per the provisions of Section 17B of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 from the date of award i.e. 24.1.2005. As per the applicant the employer has not made compliance of the order aforesaid and therefore this contempt petition is preferred. Mere non-compliance of an order is no cause for initiating proceedings under Contempt of Courts Act, 1971. There must be some deliberate and willful effort on the part of a party for non-compliance of the directions given by the Court for initiating proceedings under the Act of 1971. Prima facie I do not find any such effort on the part of the employer. In view of the above I do not consider it appropriate to proceed under the Act of 1971 against the respondents. It is open for the petitioner-applicant to submit an application under Section 33(c)(2) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 for getting the order dated 28.3.2008 complied with. The contempt petition is dismissed accordingly. (GOVIND MATHUR), J. Jgoyal '