HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH. BILASPUR CONTEMPT CASE (C } N0.153/2009 ( \ PETITIONER RESPONDENTS 1. 2. Pradeep Singh, S/o Late Gopal Singh. Aged about 61 years, R/o-C/o P.K. Ray, Mission Compound Navrangpur, Dist/P.O. - Navrangpur (Orissa) Versus A.K. Gupta, General Manager (At present the said post named as Executive Director) D.D.Tesrath, Senior Personal Officer (At present the said post being named as Deputy General Manager Personal) CONTEMFT PETITION UNDER SECTION 10 OF THE CONTEMFT OF COURT ACT Appearance: Shri H.S. Ahluwalia, Counsel forthe petitioner. ^RALORDER (01.12.2609) SUNILKUMARSINHA.J. Heard. Petitioner Pradeep Singh has filed this petition for initiation of proceedings of contempt against the respondents for alleged non-compliance of the order dated 10.12.2008 passed inW.P. No.865/2006. This Court disposed of the said writ petition by passing the following order: • CONTEMPT CASE (C) N0.153^009 "Having heard learned counsel for the parties, having regard to the settled law that a retired employee cannot be deprived of his retrial dues on thepretext that he has not surrendered the allotted accommodation, the instant petition is allowed and the respondentsare directed to release the withheld retrial dues within a period of one month from today with interest at the rate of 6% per annum. However, it shall be open to the respondents company to initiate appropriate proceedings available under the law for eviction of the petjtioner from the allotted accommodation and the encroached land in accordance with law with liberty to recover any legally recoverable dues from the petitioner." According to Annexure C-3 flled by the petitioner himself, it appears that in compliance of the order passed by this Court in the said writ petition, the respondents deposited a sum of Rs.61,659/- through D.D.No.140798 dated 05.01.2009. This amount already includes interest @ 6% per annum. In para 2 of Annexure C/3, it has been mentioned that the gratuity amount of Rs.2,23,051 was already deposited by the respondents with the Controlling Authority under payment of Gratuity AcVAIC (Central), Raipur on 24.03.2007 and the same was intimated to the petitioner in the prescribed form -'M' by Registered Post AD on 16.04.2007 (before passing ofthe order in the said writ petition by this Court). It has also been mentioned in the memo that in pursuance of the directions of this Court dated 10.12.2008, the respondents have already deposited interest @ 6% per annum for the period from 15.02.2005 to 15.04.2007. amounting to Rs.28,963/- with the Controlling Authority on 05.01.2009. CONTEMPTCASE (C l N0.153/2009 In view of the contents of Annexure C/3 fited by the petitioner, 1 do not find any reason to proceed in the matter of contempt against the respondents. The petition has no merit. The same is liable to be dismissed and is hereby dismissed. j Sd/- Sunil Kumar Sinha Judge shyna ¥^