IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Contempt Petition No. 12 of 2008 K.S. Rana, S/o Late Sri D.S. Rana, R/o 156 Rajeshwari Puram, Post Office, I.I.P. Mokhampur, District Dehradun. ….Applicant Vs N.K.Sharma, S/o Not Known, District Social Welfare Officer, District Dehradun. ..Respondent Hon’ble B.S. Verma, J. Heard Sri Rajendra Dobhal, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri K.P. Upadhyay, learned Additional C.S.C. for the respondent. By means of this contempt petition, the petitioner has prayed to punish the respondent for flouting the order dated 9.8.2007 passed by this Court in Writ Petition No.1046 of 2007 (S/S), K.S. Rana Vs. State of Uttarakhand and others whereby the operation of the impugned order dated 18.7.2007 was stayed. Learned counsel for the petitioner has contended that the Court has stayed the operation of the impugned order dated 18-7-2007 on 9-8-2007. Vide order dated 2-1-2008, the respondent has further directed the petitioner to hand over the charge to one Guman Singh Chauhan while this Court has clearly stayed the operation of the impugned order dated 18-7- 2007 in Writ Petition No.1046 of 2007 (S/S) and therefore the respondent has flouted the order of this Court. The respondent has filed the compliance affidavit on 29-4-2008 and in paragraph 7 of the compliance affidavit it has been stated that he tenders his unconditional apology and prays for that the contempt notice issued against the respondent may kindly be discharged. 2 In view of the fact the order passed on 2-1-2008 has been cancelled by the respondent, therefore, the contempt petition is dismissed. Notice is hereby discharged. All pending applications stands disposed of accordingly. (B.S.Verma,J) Dated: - 01-05-2008 M.K. 3