THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY CONTEMPT CASE No.776 of 2011 ORDER: This Contempt Case is filed alleging that the respondents have willfully and deliberately violated the directions issued by this Court in order, dated 30.11.2009 in WPMP.No.33849 of 2009 in Writ Petition No.25994 of 2009. Petitioner is a society. Its case is that its members are in possession of land admeasuring about Acs.400.00 guntas covered by Survey Nos.361 and 77 of Old Rudrakshapally Village, presently, Buggapadu Village, Sathupally Mandal, Khammam District and that it has approached this Court alleging that its members were being dispossessed by the respondents. This Court by order, dated 30.11.2009, issued interim direction to the respondents not to dispossess the members of the petitioner society from their respective agricultural lands covered by Survey Nos.361 and 77 situated at Old Rudrakshapally Village, Buggapadu Village, Sathupally Mandal, Khammam District, without following due process of law. Detailed counter-affidavit is filed by the second respondent – Tahsildar, Sathupally Mandal, Khammam District. In the counter-affidavit, while denying various allegations made by the petitioner, it is stated that land admeasuring Acs.1915.32 guntas covered by Survey No.361 of Rudrakshapally Village is a property of Reserve Forest Department and land in Survey No.77 is a private patta land and the same is recorded in all the revenue records including khasra pahani of 1954-55. It also refers to the complaint filed by the forest authorities alleging that some persons have trespassed into the forest area on 23.06.2010. Even though it is pleaded by the petitioner that its members are in possession of the land in question, it is stated in the counter-affidavit that the land in Survey No.361 is a reserve forest and the land in Survey No.77 is a private patta land, as such, the question of interference by the respondents in violation of the directions issued by this Court does not arise. The Contempt Case is devoid of merit and it is accordingly dismissed. ______________________ R.SUBHASH REDDY, J 2nd AUGUST, 2011. kvni