HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR CONTEMPT CASE No.803 of 2011 in WRIT PETITION No.15175 of 2011 Date: July 27, 2011 Between: 1. Sachin Kumar Uradi & 2 others … Petitioners and Guliar, The District Collector, Hyderabad District, Hyderabad. … Respondent * * * HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR CONTEMPT CASE No.803 of 2011 in WRIT PETITION No.15175 of 2011 O R D E R: This Court, by order dated 07.4.2011, disposed of W.P. No.15175 of 2010 with directions. In the first instance, the District Collector, Hyderabad, was required to issue a No Objection Certificate in respect of the subject premises without reference to the proceedings initiated under the Urban Land (Ceiling & Regulation) Act, 1976, prior to its repeal. Alleging disobedience by the District Collector, Hyderabad, to this direction, the present contempt case was instituted. 2. Today, the learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue produced Endorsement No.E2/2469/2011 dated 25.7.2011 issued by the Joint Collector, Hyderabad District, on behalf of the office of the Collector, Hyderabad District, wherein it is stated that there is no interest on the part of the Urban Land Ceiling authorities in respect of the land applied for No Objection Certificate and that the subject extent of 653.00 square metres situated in Nampally village of Nampally Mandal, Hyderabad District, was not classified as Government land for the purpose of considering sanction of building plans by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation. In effect, due compliance with the order of this Court. 3. Pertinent to note, this No Objection Certificate was issued by the District Collector, Hyderabad, in the context of the repealed Urban Land Ceiling laws. There was therefore no reason for the District Collector, Hyderabad, to refer to third party claims, if any, or his office not being precluded from cancelling the No Objection Certificate if it was found at a later date that anyone else proved to be the rightful owner. These remarks were neither relevant nor germane to the issuance of a No Objection Certificate apropos Urban Land Ceiling laws. 4. Having complied with the order passed by this Court, these remarks on the part of the officer demonstrate an attempt to bristle. A phenomenon symptomatic of a proliferating confrontational attitude in Government officers while complying with Court directions. This does not augur well for the Executive and the Administration. It is for the authorities at a higher level to check this retrogressive trend. 5. As the District Collector, Hyderabad, has issued the No Objection Certificate in the context of the Urban Land Ceiling Law as directed by this Court, I do not see any reason to hold the contemnor in contempt. 6. The contempt case is accordingly closed. No costs. ___________________ SANJAY KUMAR, J Date: July 27, 2011. Note: A copy of this order shall be marked to the Chief Secretary, Government of Andhra Pradesh. //B.O.// BSB