MANWAR SINGH vs SURABHI MALIK IAS DIRECTOR DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIES & COMMERCE PUNJAB

COCP-2387-2026 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 118 COCP-2387-2026 Date of Decision: 14.05.2026 MANWAR SINGH ......... Petitioner Versus SURABHI MALIK IAS DIRECTOR DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIES & COMMERCE PUNJAB ..... Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE HARPREET KAUR JEEWAN Present : Mr. R.S. Joon, Advocate (Through V.C.) for the petitioner. Mr. Balwinder Singh, AAG, Punjab assisted by Sukhjinder Kaur, Superintendent, Director Industries & Commerce, Punjab. **** HARPREET KAUR JEEWAN, J. (Oral) 1. Prayer in the petition is for initiation of proceedings under Section 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 read with Article 215 of the Constitution of India, against the respondent for willful disobedience of the directions issued by a Division Bench of this Court in LPA No.487 of 2024 vide order 09.12.2024. 2. Learned State counsel upon instructions from Sukhjinder Kaur, Superintendent, Director Industries & Commerce, Punjab contends that there were some objections having raised by the Accountant General Office, which would be removed by the Office of the respondent and the financial benefits would be released to the petitioner within a period of three weeks from to