THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY CONTEMPT CASE No.898 of 2009 ORDER:- This contempt case is filed alleging willful disobedience of order dated 17.10.2008 passed in WP.No.8699 of 2002. By the said order, this Court directed the District Collector, Ongole, respondent No.2, to initiate steps to re-assign the land in Sy.No.522/A of Bheemavaram Village in favour of 145 members of the petitioner society, get the land demarcated and deliver possession of the same to the beneficiaries within a period of three months. As the said direction was not complied with, the petitioner filed the present contempt case. As directed by this Court, respondent No.2 was present in the Court on 18.09.2009 and he has undertaken to file an appropriate application for extension of time stipulated in the order referred to above. A perusal of the record shows that such an application has been filed in the contempt case in the form of additional counter affidavit, wherein respondent No.2 sought for eight weeks’ time to implement the said order. Though technically respondent No.2 ought to have filed such an application in the writ petition, I am not inclined to reject the said request on this ground. As respondent No.2 explained the reasons for non-compliance of the direction within the stipulated time and also about the necessity of extending time for complying with the order, the contempt case is disposed of permitting him to comply with the order on or before 15.11.2009. If the order is not complied with within the above- stipulated time, liberty is given to the petitioner to seek revival of the contempt case. _____________________________ C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 25.09.2009 ES