The Uttarakhand High Court has issued a contempt of court notice to Dr. Vivek Joshi, Secretary of the Central Government's Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), for failing to comply with its order regarding the empanelment of Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi.
In his petition, Chaturvedi claimed that Joshi has willfully and intentionally disregarded the Court's September 3, 2024, order, which instructed the DoPT to provide Chaturvedi with records pertaining to his empanelment process at the level of the Joint Secretary. The Ramon Magsaysay awardee stated that he informed Joshi of the September 3 order on September 11 and sent a subsequent reminder, but received no response.
In light of these circumstances, Justice Alok Kumar Verma issued a contempt notice to Joshi and scheduled the next hearing for December 19.
"Mr. Sanjiv Chaturvedi has contended that he had intimated the respondent about the said Order dated 03.09.2024 vide letter dated 11.09.2024, followed by reminder. The respondent has willfully defied the order of the Court, passed in WPSB No.295 of 2024, despite being intimated about the same in writing by him. Notice is issued to the respondent. Steps to be taken within a week. List on 19.12.2024," the Court said in its October 23 order.
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