THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY CONTEMPT CASE No.1165 of 2011 ORDER: This Contempt Case is filed alleging that the respondent has violated the directions issued by this Court in order, dated 08.11.2010 passed in Writ Petition No.11473 of 2008. The said Writ Petition was filed by the petitioner seeking a mandamus declaring the action of the respondent in taking steps to dispossess him from the land admeasuring Ac.1.78 cents covered by R.S.No.305/7 of Tadvai Village, Jangareddygudem Mandal, West Godavari District, as illegal and arbitrary. In view of the claim of the petitioner that the said piece of land was assigned to him by grant of D-Form patta, this Court by order, dated 08.11.2010, disposed of the Writ Petition by directing the respondent not to interfere with the possession of the petitioner over the aforesaid land and by making it clear that if the land covered by D- Form patta is a part of the burial ground, the said order would not preclude the respondent to take appropriate action by following due process of law. In this Contempt Case, it is the grievance of the petitioner that in spite of such a direction, the respondent is interfering with his possession over the land in question. It is stated that such action on the part of the respondent is contemptuous. The respondent has filed a counter-affidavit. In the counter-affidavit, while denying various allegations of the petitioner, it is stated that in view of the representations made stating that the land assigned to the petitioner is a part of the burial ground, the respondent has initiated action and that after disposal of the Writ Petition, enquiry was conducted and the respondent submitted a report to the Revenue Divisional Officer, Jangareddygudem. It is also stated that the Revenue Divisional Officer, Jangareddygudem, after following due procedure, has passed orders cancelling the D-Form patta issued in favour of the petitioner in view of public interest. It is pleaded that the respondent has followed due process of law and he has not committed any contempt of the order passed by this Court. A perusal of order, dated 08.11.2010, indicates that this Court permitted the respondent to take steps in accordance with law. Though initially, the land in question was assigned to the petitioner by issuing D-Form patta, in view of the representations made stating that the land assigned to him is a part of the burial ground, the respondent has issued him a notice and after conducting enquiry, based on the report submitted by the respondent, assignment granted to the petitioner was cancelled by the Revenue Divisional Officer, Jangareddygudem vide proceedings bearing No.1012/2010/D, dated 24.12.2010. In that view of the matter, as this Court is of the view that the cancellation orders were passed by following due procedure, while it is open for the petitioner to question the same, if he is aggrieved, it cannot be said that the contempt is committed by the respondent violating the directions issued by this Court. Subject to the above observation, the Contempt Case is dismissed. ______________________ R.SUBHASH REDDY, J 31st OCTOBER, 2011. kvni