SPECIAL APPEAL No. 85 of 2026 at Lucknow

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW SPECIAL APPEAL No. - 85 of 2026 Smt. Gazal Bhardwaj I.A.S. .....Appellant(s) Versus Chandra Mauli Bhardwaj And Another .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Appellant(s) : C.S.C. Counsel for Respondent(s) : Srideep Chatterjee, Ashita Mangal Agarwal, Srideep Chatterjee Court No. - 1 HON'BLE RAJAN ROY, J. HON'BLE MANJIVE SHUKLA, J. 1. Heard Shri Pritish Kumar, learned Additional Advocate General and Senior Advocate assisted by Shri Nishant Shukla, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the appellant and Shri Sameer Kalia, learned Senior Advocate assisted by Ms.Ashita Mangal Agarwal, learned Counsel for the respondents. 2. By means of this appeal the appellant has challenged the judgment and order dated 04.02.2026 passed in Contempt Application (Civil) No.1832 of 2025 (Chandra Mauli Bhardwaj vs. Smt. Mala Srivastava and Another). 3. After hearing the parties what comes out is that while deciding the writ petition a direction for reconsideration of the order dated 06.10.2017 passed by the District Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority and after disposal of the aforesaid matter pertaining to environmental clearance, the State Governm