1 cp-249.09 Ash FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CONTEMPT PETITION NO. 249 OF 2009 Office Notes, Office memorandum of Coram, appearances, Court’s Court’s or orders or directions & Judge’s orders. Registrar’s orders. Shri M.A. Patil for the Petitioners. Shri R.M. Patne, AGP for the Respondents. ­­ CORAM : A.S.OKA, J. DATE : 6TH DECEMBER, 2010 P.C.: . The only grievance in the contempt petition is as regards the non­compliance with the statement of the Government Pleader recorded in the order dated 27th November, 2008. The statement recorded in the said order is that the grievance of the Petitioners will be looked into and appropriate orders will be passed within a period of four weeks from the said date. The affidavit in reply of Shri Mahesh Vishwas Awhad, Deputy Collector, discloses that on 2nd April, 2009, compliance has been made with the assurance given to the Court by passing an order, though belatedly. 2 cp-249.09 2. Further grievance is made by the Petitioners by filing various affidavits as regards the non­compliance of the decision dated 2nd April, 2009. If the grievance of the Petitioners is that the order dated 2nd April, 2009 is not complied with, it is for them to adopt appropriate remedy. 3. Suffice it to say that there is a substantial compliance with the statement recorded in the order dated 27th November, 2008. Hence, action under the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 cannot be initiated on the basis of the non­compliance of the statement of the Government Pleader. Hence, the Petition is disposed of keeping the remedy of the Petitioners open. (A.S.OKA, J)