IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Civil Contempt No.256 of 2010 Suresh Chandra Sharma and another …. Petitioners Versus Subhash Kumar, Chief Secretary, Government of Uttarakhand ..…. Respondent Dated : December 28, 2010 Hon’ble Nirmal Yadav, J. (Oral) Heard Mr. Rajesh Sharma, learned counsel for the petitioner. This petition has been filed for initiating contempt proceedings against the respondent for violating the order dated 16.9.2010 passed by the Division Bench of this Court in Writ Petition No.117 of 2010 (S/B), Suresh Chandra Sharma & another Vs. State of Uttarakhand and others. According to the petitioner, the first vacancy of Chief Engineer Level-II fell vacant on 1st February, 2009, second on 1st May, 2009 and third on 1st May, 2010. The petitioners made representation for filling the vacant posts by promotion. The Promotion Committee was scheduled to hold its meeting on 14.5.2010, however, it did not hold its meeting on account of a letter sent by Minister In-charge that steps be taken first to fill up the post of Chief Engineer Level-I. The petitioner approached this Court. The Division Bench of this Court disposed of the writ petition with the following observation:- “With the clarification, as above, we dispose of the writ petition, hoping and expecting that the Departmental Promotion Committee would meet soon to conclude the deferred meeting.” From the above observation, the Division Bench has expressed hope that the Departmental Promotion Committee would hold it’s meeting soon. However, no specific direction was issued by this Court to hold the meeting within a certain time frame. Therefore, this Court is of the view that no ground for initiating contempt proceedings is made out at this stage. The civil contempt petition is dismissed accordingly. (Nirmal Yadav, J.) 28.12.2010 Rajni 2