Officers Becoming Habitual And Not Complying With The Court's Orders At The First Instance; A Sorry State of Affairs: Allahabad HC [Read Order]

The Allahabad High Court recently expressed its displeasure with the Authorities/Officers for not complying with the orders of the Court at the first instance. The Bench of Justice Vivek Kumar Birla further observed that due to this approach of the officers, the aggrieved party is forced to file contempt application and even after granting further time to comply with the order of the writ Court passed in contempt application, the orders are not being complied with. The matter before the Court Notably, a contempt application was filed for punishing the opposite party for willful disobedience of the judgment and order dated 1.11.2019 passed by the Court in Writ Petition No. The Court also opined, "This Court is noticing every day that apparently the officers concerned, who were directed to act as per the order of the Court, are not complying with the orders at the first instance and the aggrieved party is forced to file contempt application and even after granting further time to comply with the order of the writ Court passed in contempt application, the orders not being complied with. The Court further remarked, "This is a sorry state of affairs and it is expected that the opposite party shall make every effort to comply with the order at first instance and shall also issue necessary orders in this regard to the subordinate authorities to strictly comply with the orders at the first instance itself, otherwise the Court will take serious view of the matter."