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Allahabad HC Frames Contempt Charges Against UP Official Over Unpaid Salaries
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News18•13-10-2026, 22:30
Allahabad HC Frames Contempt Charges Against UP Official Over Unpaid Salaries
- •The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court framed contempt charges against UP principal secretary of PWD Ajay Chauhan for failing to comply with a court order regarding employee salaries.
- •Contempt charges were earlier framed against additional chief secretary of finance Deepak Kumar and principal secretaries Anurag Srivastava, Anil Garg, and Saurabh Babu.
- •Justice Saurabh Lavania granted all five officers 15 days to respond and ordered their personal appearance at the next hearing on November 4.
- •The proceedings stem from 37 contempt petitions seeking the implementation of a 2022 judgment in the Suresh Chandra Verma case concerning salary refixation, arrears, and pension benefits.
- •The court noted that the original order, upheld up to the Supreme Court and reinforced by dismissed review petitions, has remained unimplemented for four years.
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The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court framed a contempt charge against UP principal secretary for the Public Works Department, Ajay Chauhan, for allegedly failing to comply with a four-year-old court order regarding employee salaries.
Justice Saurabh Lavania granted all five officers a 15-day period to respond to the contempt charges and ordered them to personally attend the upcoming hearing scheduled for November 4.
The proceedings stem from 37 contempt petitions seeking implementation of a judgment instructing authorities to refix petitioners' salaries, clear outstanding arrears, release revised pension benefits, and pay a 7 percent simple interest if delayed.
