1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR CONTEMPT PETITION NO. 219/2010 IN WRIT PETITOIN NO. 561/2010 (Balapur Minority Education and Social Welfare Society vrs. Shri Sanjay Kumar, Principal Secretary, Deptt. Of School Education) ................................................................................................................................................... Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders Court's or Judge's order of directions and Registrar's orders ................................................................................................................................................... Shri A.I.Sheikh, counsel for petitioner, Smt. Bharti Dangre, AGP, for Respondent ... CORAM : R. K.DESHPANDE, J. DATED : 18th JANUARY, 2011. This contempt petition complains about willful disobedience of the judgment and order dated 15.6.2010 passed by the Division Bench in Writ Petition No. 561/2010. The direction was given to the respondent to decide the application submitted by the petitioner in accordance with law within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of the same. The period of four weeks 2 expired on 15.7.2010, but neither the decision was taken, nor it was communicated. Hence, this is the contempt which is alleged in this petition. 2. In response to the notice issued by this Court , an affidavit dated 15 th January, 2011, has been filed by the respondent. Along with the affidavit, an order dated 22.12.2010 has been annexed, by which the application of the petitioner has been decided and the decision has been communicated to the petitioner. 3. Thus, though there is a compliance of the order, it is belated. Hence, it is urged that there was neither any application made for extension of time to decide the application, nor the decision was taken within the stipulated time and therefore, it is intentional and deliberate disobedience of the order. 4. After perusal of the reply filed in response to the petition, I am satisfied that there was no intention on the part of the respondent to disobey 3 the orders passed by this Court. 5. In view of this, the contempt proceedings are dropped. However, since the petitioner is driven to this court, the respondent is directed to pay costs of Rs.200/- to the petitioner. JUDGE Rvjalit