IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY FRIDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, TWO THOUSAND NINE ONLY CONTEMPT CASE No.1286 of 2009 Between: K.Surender. … Petitioner And: Sri Chiranjeevulu, Joint Collector, Mahaboobnagar, Mahaboobnagar District and Three others. … Respondents Counsel for the Petitioner: Sri M.Damodar Reddy. Counsel for the Respondents: AGP for Revenue for R.1 to R.3. Sri N.Vasudeva Reddy for Sri V.Manohar Rao for R.4. This Court made the following: ORDER:- This Contempt Case is filed alleging willful disobedience of order, dated 11-06-2008, in WPMP No. 5596 of 2005 in Writ Petition No.4185 of 2005. By the said order, this Court directed interim order dated 4-3-2005 to be continued. As per the said order, dated 4-3-2005, this Court directed status quo to be maintained with respect to the land in question. During the subsistence of the said order, the District Collector, Mahaboobnagar, issued proceedings dated 24-7-2009 whereby she directed the Tahsildar, Mahaboobnagar, to implement the order of the Joint Collector, which was subject matter of Writ Petition No.4181 of 2005 and in respect of which the order of status quo was granted by this Court. Alleging willful disobedience of the order of this Court, the petitioner filed this Contempt Case. In the counter-affidavit, the District Collector, Mahaboobnagar, inter alia, stated that as the order of the Joint Collector was issued as far back as the year 2005 directing restoration of possession in favour of respondent No.4, she passed order on 24-7-2009. She further stated that on being intimated by the Tahsildar, Mahaboobnagar, that the order of status quo granted by this Court is subsisting, necessary directions were issued to maintain status quo in terms of the order of this Court. At the hearing, the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue placed before the Court letter, dated 19-10-2009, addressed by the District Collector to the Tahsildar, Mahaboobnagar, wherein she directed the latter that in view of the status quo order, dated 4-3- 2005, he should stop further action and accordingly she withdrew letter dated 24-7-2005 issued by her. Sri N.Vasudeva Reddy, learned counsel appearing for respondent No.4, submitted that possession has not been delivered to his client in pursuance of the directions given by the District Collector on 24-7-2009. In view of the above facts and having regard to the explanation submitted by the District Collector, Mahaboobnagar, I am satisfied that proceedings, dated 24-7-2009, were obviously issued by the District Collector, without being aware of the order of this Court. Since corrective steps have been taken and the above mentioned order was withdrawn by the District Collector on coming to know about the order of this Court, no contempt has been committed by the respondents. The Contempt Case is accordingly dismissed. ------------------------------------ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY,J Date:06-11-2009 MNR