* 1 * C.P. 173.2010 21.10.2010 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CONTEMPT PETITION NO. 173 OF 2010 IN SECOND APPEAL NO. 120 OF 2005 Mr. Bhagwan Sadashiv Patil ....... Petitioner : V/S : Shri. Anandrao Shripatrao Chougule ....... Respondent * * * * * Mr. T.D. Deshmukh, Advocate for the petitioner. None for the respondent. CORAM :- SMT. R.P. SONDURBALDOTA, J. 21 October, 2010. P.C. : 1. By this Contempt Petition, the petitioner alleges that the respondent has committed breach of the interim order passed in the Second Appeal directing the respondent to maintain status-quo in respect of the property in dispute. The order of status-quo had been passed on the application filed by the appellant to restrain the respondent from disturbing the appellants possession of the suit * 2 * C.P. 173.2010 21.10.2010 property. The order dated 28.04.2006 shows that it is not the petitioner, but, the respondent who has been in possession of the suit property. In these circumstances, the order of status-quo passed would mean that the possession of the respondent of the suit property was not disturbed by the petitioner. It appears that the respondent has cut some trees standing over the suit property which resulted into the present petition. Since the application on which the order dated 28.0.42006 was passed related only to possession of the suit property and not about existence of trees thereon, the order of status-quo directing the parties to maintain status-quo cannot be extended to anything beyond possession of the property. Thus, there is no substance in the allegation that the respondent has violated the interim order passed in the Second Appeal. Hence, the Contempt petition is dismissed. [SMT. R.P. SONDURBALDOTA, J]