RULDA RAM Vs. RAKESH KANWAR

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE petitioner has approached this Court for initiating contempt proceedings against the respondent alleging therein that he knowingly and willfully disobeyed the judgment of this Court passed in CWP No. 563 of 2002 dated 14.10.2003 and further that he had not complied the judgment of this Court passed in COPC No. 152 of 2014 dated 19.05.2014.

(2.) THE subject -matter in this petition is a property commonly known as "potato ground" situate in Manali. The petitioner along with three others filed CWP No. 563 of 2002 wherein the following reliefs were sought: - -

(3.) HOWEVER , on the same subject -matter another petition being CWP No. 528 of 2003 was preferred by one Raj Chauhan. This Court while adjudicating upon this petition issued various directions from time to time including a direction on 06.05.2005 whereby it directed the respondent "to use the land in the best public interest". Pursuant to such directions, a proposal to build a multi level parking on this land was passed and thereafter duly approved by this Court on 14.12.2006. Notably, even the present petitioner had filed an application for becoming a party therein which application was duly allowed. Therefore, the petitioner was fully aware of these directions. The writ petition was finally dismissed as not pressed vide order dated 08.05.2008.