AJAY KUMAR CHOUDHARY vs THE STATE OF JHARKHAND Advocate - SREENU GARAPATI — Cont.(Cvl)/839/2025

Disposed: Contested--Disposed Off on 10th April 2026.

Case disposed

CNR: JHHC010138702025

Filing Number

Cont.(Cvl)/4496/2025

Filing Date

23-Apr-2025

Registration No

Cont.(Cvl)/839/2025

Registration Date

07-Jul-2025

Judge

Hon'ble Mr.justice Rajesh Shankar

Coram

Hon'ble Mr.justice Rajesh Shankar

Bench Type

Single Bench

Category

CONTEMPT ( 118 )

Sub-Category

Contempt of Courts Act 1971 ( 1 )

Judicial Branch

Civil Section

Decision Date

10-Apr-2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--Disposed Off

Last updated 15-May-2026

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.AJAY KUMAR CHOUDHARY

    Adv. Advocate- ,BHANU KUMAR No.1,SAURAV ARUN

  2. 2.YOGESH BIHARI VERMA

  3. 3.HRIDYA RANJAN

  4. 4.MANOJ KUMAR SINGH

  5. 5.SATISH KUMAR

  6. 6.VIJAY SINGH

  7. 7.MANOJ KR. SINGH

  8. 8.RANJEET SINGH

  9. 9.SATYENDRA KUMAR SINHA

  10. 10.DHANANJAY KUMAR

  11. 11.LADLE HASAN

  12. 12.SUBODH KUMAR

  13. 13.FIROZ AHMAD

  14. 14.VISHAL KUMAR RAM

  15. 15.YASWANT VERMA

  16. 16.BABITA SHUKLA

  17. 17.ANGEL TARUN BHOWNRA

  18. 18.PUNAKANT DADEL

  19. 19.SUSHIL KUMAR SHARMA

  20. 20.SMITA THAKUR

  21. 21.CHANDRA MANI KACHHAP

  22. 22.SATISH KUMAR

  23. 23.MANOJ PRAKASH

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.THE STATE OF JHARKHAND Advocate - SREENU GARAPATI

  2. 2.MR. AMITABH KAUSHAL, PRESENTLY POSTED AS THE THROUGH SECRETARY, COMMERCIAL TAX DEPT.,

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 10-Apr-2026

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Rajesh ShankarView PDF

    Summary The Jharkhand High Court dismissed a contempt application against the Secretary of the Commercial Tax Department, finding that the authorities had substantially complied with the court's May 2024 order by granting promotions to 23 petitioners from LDC to UDC and UDC to Head Clerk positions with corresponding pay scale increases. Although the petitioners argued that the authorities failed to consider their claims under specific service rules, resulting in lower pay grades despite prior financial upgradations, the court determined no contempt was warranted and permitted the petitioners to pursue alternative legal remedies. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 10-Apr-2026

    Admission

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Rajesh Shankar

  4. 09-Jan-2026

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Rajesh ShankarView PDF

  5. 18-Dec-2025

    Admission

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Rajesh Shankar

  6. 08-Sep-2025

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Rajesh ShankarView PDF

  7. 11-Jul-2025

    Hon'ble Mr.justice Rajesh ShankarView PDF

  8. 19-Jun-2025

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  9. 23-Apr-2025

    Case filed

    Registration No. Cont.(Cvl)/839/2025

casestatus.in Summary

Summary The Jharkhand High Court dismissed a contempt application against the Secretary of the Commercial Tax Department, finding that the authorities had substantially complied with the court's May 2024 order by granting promotions to 23 petitioners from LDC to UDC and UDC to Head Clerk positions with corresponding pay scale increases. Although the petitioners argued that the authorities failed to consider their claims under specific service rules, resulting in lower pay grades despite prior financial upgradations, the court determined no contempt was warranted and permitted the petitioners to pursue alternative legal remedies. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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