1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CONTEMPT PETITION NO. 380 OF 2007 Mohan Pandurang Jadhav .......Petitioner. versus A. P. Kakade, Dy Registrar, Co-op. Societies, Kolhapur & Ors......... Respondents. Mr. S.S. Patwardhan with Deepti Pawar for the Petitioner Mr. R. M. Patne AGP for the Respondent No.2. CORAM; A.P. DESHPANDE, J. DATED; 27TH AUGUST, 2008. P.C.: 1. This Contempt Petition has been filed making a grievance of willful and deliberate non-pcompliance of the order dated 16-4-2007 passed by the Division Bench of this court in Writ Petition No. 2250/07. By the said order the court had directed to decide the representation pending with the respondent no.2 in accordance with the law, within a period of three months from the date of passing of the order. The affidavit in reply has been filed by the Deputy Registrar, Co-op.Societies, 2 Kolhapur stating therein that the petitioner had made a fresh application dated 8-8-2007 with the office of the Deputy Registrar and the Deputy Registrar considered the same and after affording an opportunity of hearing disposed of the same by an order dated 1-3-2008. On perusal of the affidavit and having regard to the facts and circumstances, I am of the clear view that there has been no willful or deliberate non-compliance on the part of the respondent of the order passed by the Division Bench. The order has been substantially complied with. Hence no action for contempt is called for. 3. In the result, the Contempt Petition stands dismissed, however, with liberty to the petitioner, to take such appropriate steps before appro[priate forum as is permissible in law for challenging the order dated 1.3.2008, if so advised. (A.P. DESHPANDE, J.)