IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Miscellaneous Jurisdiction Case No.1450 of 2011 Usha Kumari, wife of Rajnandan Prasad, resident of village Dhopthall, P.O. Ramraichak, P.S. Sirdalla, District Nawada … Petitioner Versus 1. Safina A.N., District Magistrate, Nawada 2. Damyanti Kumari Child Development Project Officer, Sirdalla, Nawada 3. Bittu Bhushan Choudhary, District Programme Officer, Nawada 4. The State of Bihar … Respondents ---------------------------------- 4. 22.11.2011 Heard counsel for the parties. Having regard to the fact that the order of this Court dated 17.12.2009 in C.W.J.C.No. 11899/2007 was confined to disposal of the application filed by the petitioner and that an order has been passed by the Collector, Nawadah on 29.10.2011, this Court must hold that the direction given by this Court in the earlier order has been complied, though belatedly. There is no explanation whatsoever for such a delay of almost two years in complying the order. Learned counsel for the State has only submitted that the present Collector Mr. Divesh Sehara had joined on 2nd October, 2011 and could take immediate steps for disposal of the application of the petitioner. Though this Court is not satisfied with the conduct of the opposite parties who were required to comply the order but keeping in view that the present Collector cannot be held to be squarely responsible for such disobedience, this Court would drop this contempt proceeding giving liberty to the petitioner to assail the order before an appropriate authority and/or Court of law. 2 This contempt application is, accordingly, disposed of and the personal appearance of the opposite parties is hereby dispensed with with a clear warning to all of them that they should be very careful in complying the order of this Court within the time frame indicated in the order of this Court. In view of the aforementioned position, none of the opposite parties will be entitled to charge travelling allowance for the present visit from their place of working to Patna and return journey. With the aforementioned observation, this application is disposed of. (Mihir Kumar Jha,J.) Surendra/