IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Civil Contempt Petition No. 11/2009 Nand Kishore Dobhal …Petitioner. Versus Harsh Pati Uniyal and others.. Respondents. Dated: 20-4-2009 Hon’ble B.C. Kandpal, J. Sri Bhagwat Mehra, Advocate holding brief of Sri Manoj Tewari, learned counsel for the petitioner. Sri Rakesh Thapliyal, learned counsel for the respondents. By way of this contempt petition the petitioner has prayed for summoning the respondents and punishing them for committing willful disobedience of the judgment and order dated 1-5-2008, passed by this court in W.P. No. 05(S/S) of 2002, Nand Kishore Dobhal Vs. Garhwal Jal Sansthan and another. The relevant portion of the impugned judgment reads as follows:- “For the reasons recorded above, the writ petition is allowed. The petitioner shall be treated to have retired at the age of 60 years and he shall be given all other consequential benefits accordingly as are being given to other similarly situated employees of the department. Respondents are further directed to pay the salary to the petitioner for the period he has actually worked in the department after 31-1-2002 in terms of the interim order dated 10-1-2002. However, if any extra payment has been made to the petitioner at the time of notice of retirement, the same shall be adjusted in the next payment.” The supplementary counter affidavit has been filed by the respondent No. 1 and by way of the supplementary counter affidavit, six annexures have been annexed showing the gratuity detail of the petitioner, extract of the attendance register pertaining to the fact that the petitioner continued upto 16th June, 2003, copy of the bank voucher regarding the arrears of salary and cheque of an amount of Rs. 55,701/- dated 19-3-2009, copy of letter dated 13.3.2009 along with pension payment order No. 9 of 2009, as well as copy of letter dated 19-3-2009, showing the detail of the amount the pension and amount towards commutation of pension, as has been given by the Chief Manager of the Bank. All the aforesaid documents clearly indicate that the amount due, has been paid to the petitioner by the department. In view of the aforesaid, I do not find any justification to continue these contempt proceedings against the respondents. Accordingly, the contempt petition is dismissed. The notices issued against the respondents are hereby discharged. (B.C. Kandapl, J.) ISB