Fresh seniority list directed in contempt proceedings, with withdrawal of the parallel writ petition and intervention allowed.

In contempt proceedings, the Supreme Court directed the alleged contemnor and opposite parties to publish a fresh seniority list in terms of the earlier directions. The petitioners undertook to withdraw the similar writ petition pending before the High Court, while the contempt petition was kept pending for six weeks. Appearance was dispensed with for the present, and the applicants seeking impleadment were permitted to intervene rather than be added as parties.

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Issues: Whether, in the contempt proceedings, directions were required for publication of a fresh seniority list despite the pendency of a similar writ petition before the High Court, and whether persons seeking impleadment should be added as parties or permitted to intervene.

Outcome: The alleged contemnor/opposite parties were directed to publish a fresh seniority list in terms of the earlier directions; the petitioners undertook to withdraw the writ petition pending before the High Court; the contempt petition was kept pending for six weeks; appearance was dispensed with for the present; and the applicants were permitted to intervene.

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