1 D.B. CIVIL CONTEMPT PETITION NO.22/2007 Suo Moto Vs. Shri N.K. Purohit & Anr. Date : 28.11.2007 PRESENT HON'BLE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE MR. RAJESH BALIA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE BHANWAROO KHAN Mr. G.R. Punia for the petitioner. ______ Having perused the order for initiating contempt proceedings against the respondent, we are of the opinion that for the alleged mistake on the part of the respondent, no case for initiating contempt proceedings is made out. For the error in transcribing the judgment, disciplinary action has already been taken by the disciplinary authority in which the Court had no jurisdiction to seek the judgment in judicial side without any matter coming before it by way of judicial review in the matter of administering the Registry and its officers. Under Article 229, the exclusive jurisdiction vests on the Hon'ble Chief Justice and that authority cannot be exercised by issuing direction on judicial side. Moreover the concerned officer of the Court has dealt with in administration side in departmental enquiry that was hardly justified for issuing notice of contempt against the Dy. Registrar or Registrar General as in the matter of transcribing of the judgment, both the officers had no role to play and for 2 that error any officer of the Registry cannot be held responsible for obstructing the course of justice. For that matter, the initiation of contempt proceedings, therefore, was not justified. Notices are discharged. Contempt petition is dismissed. [ BHANWAROO KHAN ], J. [ RAJESH BALIA ], ACTG.C.J. babulal/