IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Contempt Petition No. 147 of 2004 1. Dhoom Singh S/o Sri Praveen Singh, R/o Village Padla P.O. Padla Kiratpur, District Bijnor. 2. Dharam Singh S/o Hori Singh R/o Village Hussainpur, P.O.Hussainpur, District Bijnore. 3. Gandhari Singh S/o Rama Singh R/o Village Bhatiana P.O. Bhatiana, District Bijnore. 4. Ram Swaroop S/o Lallu Singh R/o Chadat- Turk, P.O. Bhanera, District Bijnore. …. Petitioners/Applicants Vs 1. Sri Dinesh Chandra Uniyal, Prabhagiya Prabandhak, Uttaranchal Van Vikas Nigam Kotdwar (Garhwal) Uttaranchal. 2. Sri Sukhdev Singh, Khestriya Prabandhak Uttaranchal Van Vikas Nigam, Badrinath Marg, Kotdwar, Garhwal. 3. Sri D.S. Tomar, Prabandh Nideshak, Uttaranchal Van Vikas Nigam, Aranya Vikas Bhawan, 73 Nehru Road, Dehradun. ..Respondents And Contempt Petition No. 162 of 2004 Rishi Pal Singh S/o Ghasita Singh, R/o Village Kutubpur, P.O.Maujjampur Narayan, District Bijnore (U.P.). ……Petitioner. Vs. 1. Sri Dinesh Chandra Uniyal, Prabhagiya Prabandhak, Uttaranchal Van Vikas Nigam Kotdwar (Garhwal) Uttaranchal. 2. Sri Sukhdev Singh, Khestriya Prabandhak Uttaranchal Van Vikas Nigam, Badrinath Marg, Kotdwar, Garhwal. 3. Sri D.S. Tomar, Prabandh Nideshak, Uttaranchal Van Vikas Nigam, Aranya Vikas Bhawan, 73 Nehru Road, Dehradun. ..Respondents And Contempt Petition No. 165 of 2004 Jaswant Singh S/o Nathu Singh R/o Village Sahlipur (Navi), P.O.Jalalabad, District Bijnore (U.P.). ……Petitioner. Vs. 1. Sri Dinesh Chandra Uniyal, Prabhagiya Prabandhak, Uttaranchal Van Vikas Nigam Kotdwar (Garhwal) Uttaranchal. 2 2. Sri Sukhdev Singh, Khestriya Prabandhak Uttaranchal Van Vikas Nigam, Badrinath Marg, Kotdwar, Garhwal. 3. Sri D.S. Tomar, Prabandh Nideshak, Uttaranchal Van Vikas Nigam, Aranya Vikas Bhawan, 73 Nehru Road, Dehradun. ..Respondents And Contempt Petition No. 247 of 2004 Rajpal Singh S/o Sri Jagran Singh, R/o Village Kabadiwala, Post Jalalabad, District Bijnore. ……Petitioner. Vs. 1. R.D. Shukla, Managing Director, U.P. Forest Corporation, Indira Bhawan, Lucknow. 2. Sri Dilip Singh Tomar, IFS Prabandh Nideshak, Uttaranchal Forest Development Corporation, Dehradun. 3. Sri Sukhdeo Singh, Regional Manager, Uttaranchal Forest Development Corporation, Garhwal Region, Garhwal. 4. R.P. Reddy, Divisional Logging Manager, U.P. Van Nigam, Najiabad, Bijnore. 5. R.P.Bharti Regional Manager, U.P. Forest Corporation Meerut Region, Meerut, Pallvpuram Phase II, 148 Meerut. ..Respondents Hon’ble B.S. Verma, J. Sri Sharad Sharma, learned counsel for the petitioners. Sri V.K. Bist, senior advocate with Sri V.K. Kaparwan, learned counsel for the respondents-Uttaranchal Forest Development Corporation. The controversy involved in all the above contempt petitions is one and same, hence, they all are being decided by the common judgment and order. 3 By means of this contempt petition, the petitioners have prayed to punish the respondents for flouting the order dated 21-8-2003 passed by this Court in Writ Petition No.1376 of 2001 Jalbar Singh and eleven others Vs. Presiding Officer, Labour Court and three others with two other writ petitions. Sri V.K.Bisht, senior advocate with Sri V.K. Kaparwan, Advocate for the respondents made a statement at bar that by order dated 6-8-2007 passed by the respondent Sri D.S. Tomar, Prabandh Nideshak, the petitioners have been given appointment in all the above contempt petitions. On the basis of the statement made by learned senior advocate for the respondents, Sri Sharad Sharma, learned counsel for the petitioners submits that he does not intend to press the contempt petitions on behalf of the petitioners at this stage, therefore the contempt petitions may be dismissed as not pressed on behalf of the petitioners. Accordingly, the contempt petitions are dismissed as not pressed on behalf of the petitioners. However, the petitioners would be at liberty to file fresh petition, if cause of action survives in future. All applications stands disposed of accordingly. (B.S.Verma,J) Dated: - 28-3-2008 M.K. 4