IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Civil Contempt Petition No. 32 of 2010 Ajay Kumar, S/O Late Shri Sita Ram, R/O Village & Post-Sahiya, Gram Panchayat Navi, Pargana Jaunsar Babar, Tehsil Kalsi, District Dehradun. …… Petitioner. Versus Vinod Giri Goswami, Sub Divisional Officer, Kalsi, District Dehradun. … Respondent. Mr. Pramod Tiwari, Advocate holding brief of Mr. Rajendra Singh, Advocate, learned counsel for the petitioner. Mr. K.C.Tiwari, Brief Holder, learned counsel for the respondent. Date July 12, 2010. Hon’ble B.S.Verma, J. Heard. This contempt petition has been filed to punish the respondent for deliberate and intentional flouting the order dated 26-3-2009 passed in Writ Petition No. 458 of 2009(M/S), Ajay Kumar Vs. Sub Divisional Officer, Kalsi and another, whereby the respondent-Sub Divisional Officer was directed to decide the Election Petition No. 1 of 2008 (Ajay Kumar Vs. Smt. Mamta Verma) expeditiously on merits, preferably within a period of nine months without further delay in the matter. Response has been filed by the respondent and in paragraph no. 4 of the affidavit it is stated that after the order dated 26-3-2009, the petitioner moved a transfer application before the District Magistrate, Dehradun to transfer the Election Petition from Sub Divisional Officer Kalsi to any other Court. A copy of the transfer application dated 13-1-2010 has been annexed as Annexure-1 to the counter affidavit. It has been stated in paragraph 5 thereof that Sri Vinod Giri Goswami worked as Sub Divisional Officer Kalsi, District Dehradun w.e.f. 22-2-2010 to 20-4-2010 and 2 during that period, the lection petition was listed only for one date, i.e. 15-3-2010. It is thus obvious that the officer against whom the transfer application has been made by the petitioner, has already been transferred to other place. The petitioner may pursue his election petition before the new Officer. The contempt petition has no force. Since the Officer concerned had been transferred, the contempt petition is dismissed. Notice issued to the respondent is discharged. ( B.S.Verma, J. ) RCP