THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY C.C.No.524 of 2011 Date : 30-4-2011 Between : C.Shankar s/o.Bheemaiah .. Petitioner And Sri Rama Rao and others .. Respondents Counsel for petitioner : Sri B.Sudhakar Reddy Counsel for respondent No.4 : G.P. for Land Acquisition The Court made the following: ORDER: This Contempt Case is filed alleging willful disobedience of order dated 13-6-1997 in W.P.No.4769 of 1997. At the hearing, it has come out that the above mentioned order passed in the Writ Petition was subject matter of a writ appeal and also a civil appeal before the Division Bench and the Supreme Court respectively and that in the year 2008 the Supreme Court has finally disposed of the civil appeal. In the light of these facts, there is a serious doubt as to whether order dated 13-6-1997 passed in W.P.No.4769/1997 continues to exist in law in view of the doctrine of merger. However, this aspect need not be gone into for the reason that at the hearing, the learned Government Pleader for Land Acquisition placed before this court proceedings No.B/1960/1985, dated 8-4-2011 whereby an award has been passed. Inasmuch as the direction given by this Court for passing an award has been complied with, though belatedly, I do not find any reason to entertain this Contempt Case. The Contempt Case is accordingly dismissed, with liberty to the petitioner to avail appropriate remedy in the event compensation under the award is not paid. _________________________ C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY.,J Date : 30-4-2011 AM