HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L. NARASIMHA REDDY Contempt Case No.1297 of 2010 ORDER: The petitioners filed Writ Petition No. 9041 of 2009 complaining that the application for grant of ryotwari patta under Section 11(a) of the Andhra Pradesh (Andhra Area) Estate (Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari) Act, 1948 in respect of the land in Survey No.297 of Peddagummuluru Village, S.Rayavaram Mandal, Visakhapatnam District, is not being considered. The writ petition was disposed of on 29.4.2009 directing that the 2nd respondent shall not interfere with the possession and enjoyment of the petitioners over the said land till the 1st respondent disposes of the application filed by the petitioners under Section 11(a) of the Act. This contempt case is filed alleging that the respondents have dug trenches in the land in violation of the orders of this Court. The second respondent filed a counter affidavit. He stated that the land claimed by the petitioners is part of the tank bed and with a view to strengthen the tank bund, the irrigation department has dug trenches, that too outside the land owned by the petitioners. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned counsel for the respondents. Along with the contempt case, the petitioners have enclosed a copy of the report of joint inspection. A perusal of the report discloses that the petitioners have admitted that only 27 acres of land is available and that the trenches were dug outside the land claimed by the petitioners. Even otherwise, the removal of clay from the tank bed to strengthen the tank bund cannot be termed as an action to sustain the contempt case. The contempt case is accordingly closed. There shall be no order as to costs. _______________________ L. NARASIMHA REDDY,J DATE: 29th December, 2010 pnb