1 S.B.CIVIL CONTEMPT PETITION NO. 59/2009 Neelam Batra (Smt.) Vs. Sh.Mohan Lal Verma Date of Order : : 10.02.2009 HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE H.R. PANWAR None present for the petitioner. BY THE COURT By the instant contempt petition, the petitioner seeks compliance of the order passed by learned Single Judge dated 25.7.97 in S.B.Civil Writ Petition No.361/95 on the ground that the order passed by learned Single Judge dated 25.07.97 came to be challenged by the respondents by way of a special appeal being D.B.Civil Special Appeal (Writ) No.1199/97 which came to be dismissed by order dated 30.1.2008 and during the period the special appeal remained pending, there had been an interim order staying the operation of the order of learned Single Judge dated 25.7.97. The order of the Division Bench came to be passed on 30.1.2008 and period of limitation to initiate any proceedings of contempt is one year as envisaged under Section 20 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 which has already expired and therefore, in my view, the contempt petition under Section 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act is barred by period of limitation and it is therefore, dismissed. (H.R. PANWAR), J. rp