IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD FRIDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR CONTEMPT CASE No:1627 of 2009 (Contempt Case U/s. 10 to 12 of Contempt of Courts Act to punish the Respondents herein for violating, disobeying the Order of the High Court dated 29.12.2008 in WP.No.28394 of 2008.) BETWEEN: K. S. Hussain Saheb. ... PETITIONER AND Sri M. Muni Raju, Tahsildar, Kadapa Mandal, Kadapa. ...RESPONDENT Counsel for the Petitioner: MR. S. ARIFULLA Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following: ORDER: This contempt case is filed complaining of the inaction on the part of the respondent in not complying with the order of this Court in WP.No.28394 of 2009 dated 29.12.2008. 2. By the aforesaid order, the respondent was directed to consider and dispose of the appeal filed by the petitioner preferably within a period of two (2) months from the date of receipt of a copy of the order. Since the order was not complied with even by November 2009, the present contempt case was filed. 3. On 20.11.2009, I had ordered notice on admission and thereafter, the counter affidavit was filed by the respondent on 30.12.2009 stating that on account of General Elections and other administrative reasons the appeal could not be taken and decided, but the notice of the appeal has already been served and the appearance by the parties has been filed. Today, an additional counter affidavit is also filed enclosing therewith a copy of the order passed by the Tahsildar, Kadapa dated 13.01.2010 whereunder the appeal filed by the petitioner was rejected. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner, therefore, fairly submits that in view of the said order passed by the respondent nothing survives for consideration in the contempt case. He, further, seeks liberty to question the said order before the appropriate Court. Subject to such liberty as above, the contempt case is dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. _____________________ VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR, J January 27, 2010 DSK