WRIT - A No. 19430 of 2025 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - A No. - 19430 of 2025 Union of India and 2 others .....Petitioner(s) Versus Santosh Kumar Sharma and another .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : S.P. Singh (A.S.G.I.) with Vivek Kumar Singh Counsel for Respondent(s) : Kalendra Prasad, Dharmendra Kumar Chief Justice's Court HON'BLE ARUN BHANSALI, CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE KSHITIJ SHAILENDRA, J. 1. This writ petition is directed against order dated 26.11.2025 passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal, Allahabad Bench, Allahabad in Contempt Petition No.56 of 2024 in Original Application ('OA') No.189 of 2008, wherein the Tribunal had directed that if the directions given by it on the said date as well as the directions given in OA were not complied with and the compliance affidavit was not filed, the Competent Authority shall appear in person or through VC to explain the facts and the next date fixed was 06.01.2026. 2. Counsel for the respondents points out that when the matter came up before the Tribunal on 06.01.2026, on a submission made on behalf of the petitioners herein that the formality for reconsideration of respondents candidature had been completed and the candidature