1 239.11-cp-- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY. APPELLATE JURISDICTION. CONTEMPT PETITION NO. 239 OF 2011 The President, Shri Shivling Maharaj Sarvjanik Vachanalay and another. ... Petitioners. V/s. Secretary (Any Survivor) State of Maharashtra and another. ... Respondents. WITH CONTEMPT PETITION NO. 240 OF 2011 The President, Shri Parmeshwar Sarvjanik Vachanalay and others. ... Petitioners. V/s. Secretary (Survivor Any) State of Maharashtra and another. ... Respondents. Vishwasrao S. Deokar with Ms.Ujwala Waychal for the petitioners. A.I.Patel, AGP for the respondents. CORAM: R.M.BORDE, J. DATED : 11th October 2011. P.C. : Heard. 2. The contempt petitioners are alleging breach of the order 2 239.11-cp-- passed by the Division Bench of this Court dated 21st December, 2010. This Court while entertaining Writ Petition No.9359/2010, presented by the petitioners, granted ad-interim stay restraining the respondents from implementing the corrigendum dated 30th October, 2010 at Exh.”F” to the petition. Para-3 of the corrigendum issued by the Government reads thus: “3. ho Sauiqdp~k inaga-imat haoNyaacyaa pUvaI-cyaa, maanyatap`aPt saava-jainak ga`Mqaalayaacyaa kaya-kairNaImaQyao baahorgaavacao sadsya Asalyaasa¸ <yaa ga`Mqaalayaacaa savao kaya-Baar sqaainak sadsya Asalaolyaa kaya-karI maMDLakDo saaopicaNyaabaabatcaI kaya-vaahI¸ Aistvaat Asalaolyaa kaya-karI maMDLanao Aaiqa-k vaYa- 2010¹11 maQyaoca pUNa- kravaI. Anyaqaa ASaa ga`Mqaalayaacao Anaudana p`qamat: qaaMbaivaNyaat yaavao¸ va tdnaMtr inayamaatIla ivaiht pwitnao Saasana maanyata r_ krNyaat yaavaI. saMpUNa- kaya-karINaI sqaainak AsaNao¸ ha pa~tocaa inakYa rahIla.” 3. According to the contempt petitioners, there is a breach of the interim order passed by this Court by the said authority. In reply to the contention raised by the contempt petitioner, the State Government has presented affidavit-in-reply solemnly affirmed by one Waman Hanmantrao Kumthe, Assistant Director of Libraries, Pune Division, Pune and in para-4 of the reply it is stated thus: “4. ............. In this regard, as per the directions, Respondents had not taken any adverse action against the Petitioners or not communicated them any adverse information. Their proposals’ are pending with Department till final judgment of the original CWP No.9359 of 2010, which is being placed for hearing before this Hon’ble High Court. Action will be taken in this regard as per the final judgment of the Hon’ble High Court. However, in respect of already recognized old grant-in-aid 3 239.11-cp-- public libraries, government has released their regular annual maintenance grants as well as their proposals for up-gradation also have been considered as per the rules and not any adverse action has been taken according to Hon’ble High Court’s interim order dated 21.12.2010. For that purpose Government has issued circular dated 19.03.2011 annexed and marked as Exhibit-1. Thus, there is no willful violation and disobeyance of the order as alleged.” 4. Considering the explanation tendered by the respondents, I am of the considered view that there is no disobedience of the order passed by this Court at the hands of the respondents. There was no direction issued for expeditious disposal of the proposals tendered by the petitioners. The proposals are kept pending and, yet, no decision is arrived at either in favour of or adverse to the interest of the contempt petitioners. Contempt petitions are, therefore, without any substance and stands dismissed. (R.M.BORDE, J.)