THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V.RAMANA CONTEMPT CASE NO.1440 OF 2009 Dated 18th December, 2009 Between : Dommaraju Subramanyam …Petitioner And The District Collector and two others …Respondents The Court made the following ORDER: This Contempt Case, under Sections 10 to 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, is filed alleging wilful disobedience of the order of this Court dated 27.03.2008 in WPMP No.8626 of 2008 in W.P.No.6613 of 2008. The allegation of the petitioner in this Contempt Case is that respondents 2 and 3 started laying roads over the land in respect of which status quo was directed to be maintained by this Court by the aforesaid order. Separate counter-affidavits with similar averments have been filed by respondents 2 and 3, wherein, while denying the allegation of the petitioner that they have started laying roads on his land, which is the subject matter of the writ petition and regarding which status quo has been granted by this Court by the aforesaid order, it is stated by respondents 2 and 3 that the said land was used by the staff of construction work as a pathway since it is a shortcut to reach the work spot, where construction work of “Rajiv Swagruha” is going on; that having found the same, respondent No.3 issued instructions to the Housing Board officials not to make use of the land of the petitioner for any purpose as status quo is in force in respect of the said land and that they have neither disobeyed nor violated the order of this Court. In view of the averments made by respondents 2 and 3 in their counter-affidavits that they are not laying roads over the land in question; that the said land was used as a pathway by the construction workers of “Rajiv Swagruha” and that on noticing the same, respondent No.3 issued instructions to the Housing Board Officials not to use the said land as such, I am of the opinion that there is no violation of the order of this Court dated 27.03.2008 in WPMP No.8626 of 2008 in W.P. No.6613 of 2008 being committed by the respondents. Accordingly, the Contempt Case is closed. _______________ N.V.RAMANA, J Dated 18th December, 2009 vrn