THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L. NARASIMHA REDDY CONTEMPT CASE No.1578 of 2010 ORDER: The petitioners filed W.P.No.28080 of 2009 for a declaration that the action of the respondents in treating the land admeasuring about Acs.9.00 in Survey Nos.153/1, 153/3 and 154/1 of Paradesipalem Village, Visakhapatnam Rural Mandal, Visakhapatnam District as Government land as illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional. They have also sought a direction to the respondents therein to issue pattadar pass books in their favour in respect of the said land. The writ petition came up for hearing on 18.01.2010. This Court took note of the orders passed by the Revenue Divisional Officer, Visakhapatnam as regards the classification of the land and held that the land can no longer be treated as the one belonging to the Government. A Direction was issued to the Tahsildar, Visakhapatnam Rural Mandal, the sole respondent herein, to issue pattadar pass book to the petitioners within two months from the date of receipt of a copy of the order. This contempt case is filed stating that the respondent has not complied with the orders of this Court. The Tahsildar, Visakhapatnam Rural Mandal, by name Sri Peddi Raju, the respondent herein, filed a counter- affidavit stating inter alia that a letter has been addressed to the District Collector, Visakhapatnam seeking further directions and in the process, the delay had occurred. Heard Sri P.Laxma Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Government Pleader for Revenue. During the course of hearing of the contempt case, this Court took serious exception to the attitude exhibited by the Tahsildars, who worked at Visakhapatnam Rural Mandal ever since this Court passed the order. At a time when the contempt case was about to be allowed, the learned Government Pleader sought for time, so that he can take up the matter with the higher authorities in the Revenue Department. Today, he has placed before this Court a set of papers evidencing the correspondence and the result thereof. On the directions issued by the CCLA, the two Tahsildars, namely Venkateswar Rao and Peddi Reddy are placed under suspension, pending disciplinary proceedings. With this, the grievance of the petitioners stands redressed. Both the Tahsildars have filed affidavits tendering apology. The same is accepted and the contempt case is closed taking a lenient view of the matter. ______________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY,J Dt:30.12.2010. kdl