STATE OF UTTARANCHAL THRU.SECRETARY vs SEHNAZ MIRZA .

The Supreme Court addressed the applicability of the Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000, particularly Section 35, which transfers jurisdiction from the Allahabad High Court to the Uttaranchal High Court. The Court held that the contempt petition filed in the Uttaranchal High Court was valid, as the jurisdiction of the Allahabad High Court ceased post the establishment of the new state. The Court emphasized that the orders of the writ court must be complied with by the appropriate authority in the new jurisdiction, thereby upholding the rights of the petitioners for regularization of their services.