CONTEMPT OF COURT ORDER DOESN'T REQUIRE PUNISHMENT ORDER, IN CASE THERE IS MERIT IN THE DISPUTE PROCESSED BY APPLICANT, HAS BEEN THE DIRECTIONS OF THE HONOURABLE SUPREME COURT IN MATTER, RELATED TO (REMOVAL FROM SERVICE), OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES.

Honourable Supreme Court has decided Appeal under section 19 maintainable against the directions, regarding merits of dispute, even if there is no punishment order , where in the case of applicant related to his promotion, pay fixation and seniority was willfully disobeyed by the appellant department and the applicant was removed from services , as such the applicant preferred an appeal before the honourable Supreme Court of India for deciding his claims on the merits. In its opinion the supreme Court held that even if there is no punishment order but the appeal under section 19 is based on the merits, against the directions of the dispute the contempt of court Act is required to be maintained without a punishment order, and the department is responsible to decide the matter accordingly. It is particularly mentioned here that in such case of applicant where the honourable High Court of Himachal pradesh has issued directions to the Head of Department of Public Works department that all positive steps should be taken in the matter and his case should be decided with in a period of. Four months but the HOD. taken no cognisance in the matter and case file kept undecided for a long period since 25-5-2011 however the department of Finance issued directions to the all HOD and Secretaries of the departments to remove such wrong interpretation of the pay fixation and promotion of senior government employees on 3-1-2022 for which non compliance and wrong assessment of case yet enforced by the department of Public Works even this much cross and pass of the order of the court of law since 25-5-11 and pay commission report dated 3-1-2022 even the Head of department of the public works held responsible by the court to follow orders of the secretary of the department and decide case of applicant with in a period of four months for which no action has been taken by the department of Public Works even HOD declared responsible for deciding pending case by taking positive steps in the matter, where no action is clear cut contempt of court since 25-5-2011 .