IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Contempt Petition No. 113 of 2008 Sri Prakash Chandra Pandey S/O Late Mathura Dutt Pandey, Assistant Development Officer (Forest) Block Bin, District Pithoragarh and six others. …… Petitioners. Versus Jai Raj, Chief Conservator of Forest Human Resource Development & Establishment Management Uttarakhand, Dehradun. … Respondent. Sri Rajendra Dobhal, learned counsel for the petitioners. Sri K.P.Upadhyay, learned Additional C.S.C. for the respondent. Date August 14, 2008. Hon’ble B.S.Verma, J. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. This contempt petition has been moved to punish the opposite party-respondent for deliberate disobedience of order dated 22-6-2005 passed by this Court in Writ Petition (S/S) No. 292 of 2003, Prakash Chandra Pandey and others Vs. State of Uttaranchal and others. On 22-06-2005, this Court has passed interim order to the following effect:- “Till the disposal of this writ petition, the operation of the order dated 06.06.2005 passed by the respondent no.2 shall remain stayed as regards the petitioners.” According to the petitioners, the respondent by order/letter dated 2-6-2008 has violated the interim order passed by this Court on 22-6-2005. 2 The respondent has filed affidavit stating therein that the respondent was not aware of the interim order dated 22-6-2005 passed by this court earlier. The order stands complied with as the order dated 2-6-2008 has been cancelled in compliance of the order dated 22-6-2005. Respondent has annexed the order dated 01-08- 2008 passed by him as Annexure No. 1 to the affidavit, whereby Letter/Order No. 1031/25-1-1 dated 02-06-2008 stands cancelled. Accordingly no case of contempt is made out. The contempt petition is dismissed. Notice issued to the respondent is discharged. ( B.S.Verma, J. ) RCP 3 4