1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CONTEMPT PETITION NO.231 OF 2008 Anant Rajaram Palav .... Petitioner Vs. Hanif Bharucha & Anr. .... Respondents S/Shri J.S. Kini i/b Suresh Dubey for the Petitioner. Shri Saeed Akhtar for the Respondents. CORAM: R.C. CHAVAN, J. DATED: JUNE 10, 2010 P.C: Leaving liberty to the petitioner to pursue his rights to recover the occupation charges from the respondents, this petition is disposed of because the order, disobedience of which is alleged, was passed on an application by the petitioner for stay of an interim order passed by a Judge of the City Civil Court. This Court had refused to stay that order and had indicated that the petitioner would be entitled to receive a sum of Rs.15,000/- from the respondents, subject to final result of the appeal. The appeal itself was dismissed on 10-8-2007 because the suit itself was dismissed 2 for default. The petitioner s right to recover compensation or damages for lease of the premises could be prosecuted elsewhere by appropriate proceedings. Contempt is an extraordinary remedy which cannot be allowed to be invoked for this purpose. The petition is, therefore, dismissed. (R.C. CHAVAN, J.)