Chhattisgarh high court drops contempt proceedings against senior CID officers after unconditional apology

RAIPUR: The Chhattisgarh high court has dropped the contempt proceedings against the Inspector General of Police (CID) and the Superintendent of Police (CID) after they tendered an unconditional apology to the Court.

The Single Bench Judge, Justice Narendra Kumar Vyas, stated, "The counsel for the respondents submitted that the order dated December 15, passed by this court, has been complied with, albeit with a slight delay, for which they tendered an unconditional apology. In view of the aforesaid submission made by the counsel for the respondents, the court is inclined to drop the contempt proceedings."

Earlier, Abhishek Pandey, the counsel representing the petitioner Krishna Prasad Thakur, informed the Court that one year and two months before his retirement, the respondents issued a recovery order for the amount of Rs 328,657. The reason cited was that the petitioner, who worked as a head constable at the PHQ Raipur, had been paid more salary than the fixed amount.

The petitioner challenged the recovery order issued by the department in the high court. The court stayed the order on June 12, 2023. Meanwhile, the petitioner retired from service on November 30, 2023. Despite his retirement, the respondents have not released his entire pensionary benefits and dues. The counsel further submitted that the petition is still pending.

He also submitted that since the petitioner retired on November 30, 2023, and has not yet received any pensionary benefits and dues, the petition should be disposed of by directing the respondents to withhold the amount of Rs 328,657 from his pensionary benefits and release the remaining amount of the pensionary benefits and dues. Additionally, the regular pension amount of Rs 328,657, which had been withheld by the respondents, should be subject to the final outcome of the petition.

The counsel for the respondents opposed the petitioner’s request in court.

While disposing of the petition, the Court directed the respondents to ensure that the entire pensionary benefits and dues payable to the petitioner are released from the date of his retirement within 60 days from the date of the decision, retaining the amount of Rs 328,657. As the respondent authorities did not comply with the court order within the given timeframe, the petitioner filed a contempt petition in the court.


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