THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY CONTEMPT CASE No.1107 of 2010 Dated 31st August, 2010 Between: Syed Shareef. …Petitioner And Regional Passport Officer, Secunderabad. …Respondent Counsel for the petitioner: Sri B.S. Reddy for Sri T. Nagarjuna Reddy Counsel for respondent: Sri N.V. Ramanujam, Standing Counsel for Central Government. The Court made the following: ORDER: This Contempt Case is filed alleging disobedience of the order dated 09.03.2010 in W.P.No.5357 of 2010. By the abovementioned order passed in the writ petition, the respondent was directed to receive the petitioner’s application for correction of his date of birth and issuance of corrected passport and dispose of the same in the light of the observations contained in the order. The respondent has filed a counter-affidavit and additional counter-affidavit. In the additional counter-affidavit, it is inter alia stated that due to several reasons mentioned therein, he could not dispose of the petitioner’s application within the time stipulated by this Court. While stating that the said application was disposed of on 25.08.2010, the respondent has tendered unconditional apology for the delay caused in disposing of the petitioner’s application. The respondent has enclosed a copy of the said order, whereby he rejected the petitioner’s application. Having regard to the reasons assigned by the respondent, I am satisfied that his failure to pass an order within the stipulated time does not constitute deliberate disobedience of the order of this Court. Accordingly, the Contempt Case is dismissed with liberty to the petitioner to question the abovementioned order dated 25.08.2010. As a sequel to dismissal of the Contempt Case, C.A.No.699 of 2010 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is dismissed as infructuous. ________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 31st August, 2010 GHN