IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA MJC No 1708 of 2010 Nagendra Prasad Singh, son of Chandradeo Singh, resident of Mohalla – Kadamkuan, New Area, P S – Kadamkuan, District – Patna -Petitioner Versus 1 Sri Girish Shankar, Secretary, Department of Urban Development, Government of Bihar, Patna 2 The Patna Municipal Corporation, Patna through the Municipal Commissioner, Sri C Chiro Biro, Patna 3 Baidhyanath Das, Additional Municipal Commissioner, Patna Municipal Corporation, Patna 4 The State of Bihar -Opposite Parties ----------- 4 12.08.2010 Learned counsel for the Patna Municipal Corporation has produced the file of the case before me from which it appears that on 11.08.2010 itself, the Municipal Commissioner has passed the final order. In my view, prima facie the Municipal Commissioner is guilty of contempt outright inasmuch as by order in the writ petition, he was required to pass orders within one month and the order of this Court was passed on 16th February, 2010. It has taken him six months to comply with order which had to be complied within one month. However, as the order has now been passed, its validity can only be challenged by the petitioner in a duly constituted proceedings in this regard. This application has, thus, now become infructuous and is disposed of, as such, with a warning to the Municipal Commissioner to be punctual in implementation of order of this Court in future and if in future, delay is again found then the Municipal Commissioner would be proceeded against and may have to face severe consequences. M.E.H./ (Navaniti Prasad Singh)