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UP additional CS Gupta held guilty of contempt, fined

By IndianMandarins- 27 Mar 2019
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The Lucknow bench of Allahabad high court on Tuesday sentenced UP additional chief secretary Mahesh Kumar Gupta (IAS:1987:UP) sit in the court till its rising at 4.15 pm on Tuesday and slapped a fine of Rs 25,000 on him in a contempt case.

 

Justice Vivek Chaudhary passed this order on a contempt petition filed by Dr. Kishore Tandon and eight other persons alleging a willful and deliberate violation of the order of this court dated September 21, 2017, given in connection with the seniority list of review officers.

 

The court also said the fine shall not be borne by the state government and it would have to be deposited by the contemnor (Gupta) with the state legal service authority within a week.

 

The contempt petition was heard earlier by the court on July 10, 2018, and Gupta (then principal secretary) was found guilty.

 

However, on March 25, Gupta’s counsel requested that the hearing of the contempt petition be deferred till the disposal of a special appeal filed in this regard. But the court refused the request and directed Gupta to be present in person in court on March 26 (Tuesday).

 

As per the court’s order, Gupta appeared before the court on Tuesday and was taken into custody.

 

An affidavit of compliance was filed submitting that the persons who had been promoted in violation of the court’s order have been restored back to their original position.

 

It was also stated that the benefits which were to accrue under orders of this court to the petitioners and other persons have been considered and appropriate orders had been passed. However, the orders were not brought on record as yet but would be placed on record soon. The court granted a week’s time to bring on record the further orders of compliance. The next hearing will be held on April 03.

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