THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY Contempt Case No.1516 of 2010 DT.26.11.2010 Between: M.Prabhakar Reddy and others … Petitioners And Sri Sivaram, the Mandal Authority, rep.by its Ex-Officio Chairman, Mandal Revenue Officer/Tahsildar, Mulugu Mandal, Medak District & another. … Respondents Counsel for the Petitioners: Sri P.V.Ramana Counsel for respondents: AGP for Revenue The Court made the following ORDER: ORDER: This contempt case is filed alleging wilful disobedience of order, dated 23.12.2009, in W.P.M.P.No.36281 of 2009 in W.P.No.27854 of 2009. The said order passed by this Court reads as under: “In view of the facts and circumstances, the first and second respondents had hereby directed to consider and take appropriate action on the representations made by the petitioners dated 14.10.2009, 20.10.2009, 21.10.2009, 26.10.2009, 29.10.2009, 29.10.2009, 29.10.2009 and 06.11.2009 at the earliest point of time preferably within a period of four (4) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.” In the counter affidavit filed by respondent No.1, he has enumerated various steps that were taken. It is appropriate to re- produce these averments herein below: “It is submitted that this Hon’ble Court passed an order on 23.12.2009 directing the respondents 1 and 2 to consider and take appropriate action on the representations made by the petitioners dt.14.10.2009, 20.10.2009, 21.10.2009, 26.10.2009, 29.10.2009 and 06.11.2009 at the earliest point of time preferably within a period of 4 weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of the order. I submit with respect that the alleged incident of felling Eucalyptus trees within the compound wall of Zilla Parishad High School, Markook was occurred on 12.09.2009. The petitioners did not make any representation directly to this respondent. The petitioners approached the Station House Officer, made several representations and copies were marked to the second respondent herein. The second respondent in turn in his Lr.No.E/2818/2009 dt.24.10.2009 requested this respondent while enclosing copy of the representation to conduct a discrete enquiry in this matter and send a detailed enquiry report immediately. On receipt of the said letter, this respondent conducted enquiry and submitted a report to the second respondent herein on 02.11.2009. Now, the matter is now pending with the second respondent to take a decision on the report submitted by this respondent. It is submitted that during my enquiry, it is revealed that the Gram Panchayat passed a resolution on 16.04.2008 that the Eucalyptus trees, and three small size neem trees are causing inconvenience to the children since H.T. Line is passing through on the trees. The Gram Panchayat also mentioned in their resolution that after felling the trees, it should be put to public auction. Basing on the said resolution of the Gram Panchayat, the Vidya Committee of the school also passed a resolution on 10.08.2009 to utilize the amount received from the public auction of the said wood for the development of the school and for purchase of infrastructure. I also recorded statements of the village elders on 31.10.2009. It is submitted that the entire sale proceeds of an amount of Rs.30,000/- was deposited in the school account No.11496827513 as per the Gram Panchayat resolution and the amount is lying. This respondent orally instructed the Headmaster of the institution not to utilize the amount till the final disposal of the writ petition.” No reply affidavit is filed controverting any of the above averments contained in the counter affidavit. Considering general nature of the direction given by this Court and the steps taken by the respondents in order to comply with the said direction, I do not find any merit in the plea of the petitioners that the respondents have committed deliberate violation of the orders of this Court. In this view of the matter, the contempt case is dismissed without prejudice to the rights of the petitioners to pursue the writ petition. (C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J) Date: 26.11.2010. VGB