IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Civil Contempt Petition No. 211 of 2008 Pooran Ram & another … Petitioners Vs Smt. Pushpa Manas & another … Respondents Sri Alok Mehra, Advocate, holding brief of Sri Manoj Tiwari, Advocate for the appellants Sri H.M. Raturi, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State/respondents Hon’ble B.C. Kandpal, ACJ By way of this contempt petition, the petitioners have prayed for summoning the respondents for committing disobedience of the order dated 18.08.2008 passed by this Court in Writ Petition No. 799 (S/S) of 2008, PooranRam & another Vs State & others. 2. This Court on 18.08.2008 has passed the following order (Annexure No. 6 to the petition):- “In the circumstances, as an interim measure, it is hereby directed that operation of the impugned order dated 28th June 2008 (copy annexure 13 to the writ petition), whereby the appointment of the petitioners Pooran Ram and Smt. Leela Takuli is cancelled, is hereby stayed until further orders of this Court.” 3. The respondent No. 2 has filed the affidavit of compliance and has annexed the Office Order dated 06.01.2009. The perusal of this order (annexure No. 2) to the compliance affidavit reveals that the Director (School Education), Uttarakhand vide order dated 03.01.2009 has stayed the operation of the order dated 28th June, 2008 passed by the Director (School Education), in view of the fact that the order dated 28th June, 2008 has been stayed by the Hon’ble High Court vide order dated 18.08.2008. 4. The Additional Director (School Education), in compliance of the order dated 03.01.2009 has thereafter stayed the order dated 28th June, 2008 w.e.f. 6th January, 2009, in view of the order passed by this Court in Writ Petition No. 799 (S/S) of 2008. 5. Thus, annexure Nos. 1 and 2 filed along with compliance affidavit clearly indicate that the order dated 18.08.2008 passed by this Court, in the aforesaid writ petition has been complied with. 6. In view of the aforesaid circumstance, I think, there would be no justification to continue the proceedings under the Contempt of Court Act against the respondents. 7. Accordingly, the contempt petition is dismissed. The notices issued against the respondents are hereby discharged. (B.C. Kandpal, ACJ) 13.02.2009 ASWAL