IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) PRESENT THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR CONTEMPT CASE NO.456 OF 2011 DATED:10.06.2011 Between: S. Arun Kumar and another … Petitioners And Sri Petar The Principal Secretary to Government of A.P. Department of Social Welfare Secretariat Buildings Hyderabad and others … Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR CONTEMPT CASE NO.456 OF 2011 ORDER: This contempt case arose out of the alleged disobedience to the order dated 10-12-2010 passed by this Court in W.P. No.30986 of 2010. By the said order, this Court directed the District Collector, Warangal, to consider and pass orders on the petitioners’ appeal dated 11-11-2010. The said appeal stemmed from a refusal by the Tahsildar, Mahabubabad, under Memo dated 23-09-2010 to recognize the petitioners as members of Madiga community, a Scheduled Caste. It is now stated that pursuant to the order passed by this Court, the District Collector, Warangal, passed orders on 07-06-2011 holding that the petitioners belong to Peraka community, a B.C. Caste. Though there is some delay on the part of the District Collector, Warangal, in disposing of the appeal in terms of the time stipulated by this Court, nothing is placed on record to indicate that the said delay occurred due to a wilful or deliberate intention on the part of the District Collector, Warangal, to disobey the order of this Court. This Court therefore finds no reason to exercise its contempt jurisdiction. The petitioners, if aggrieved by the order dated 07-06-2011 passed by the District Collector, Warangal, necessarily have to seek redressal of the same by way of independent proceedings. This Contempt Case is dismissed but in the circumstances, without any order as to costs. _______________ SANJAY KUMAR, J 10.6.2011 bnr