IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD MONDAY THE TWENTIETH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND SIX :PRESENT: THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S. RAO CONTEMPT CASE NO: 269 of 2006 Between: The Vijayanagar Colony Employees Co-op.House Building Society Ltd., D.No.6-8-1182, N.G.O., Colony, Tirupathi, rep. by its Secretary, Sri M.Madanmohan Pillai. ..... Petitioner AND 1. SS Rawat, District Collector, Chittoor District, Chittoor. 2. M. Babaiah, Land Acquisition Officer, Office of the Revenue Divisional Officer, Tirupathi, Chittoor Dt. .....Respondents Contempt Case filed Under Section 10 to 12 of Contempt of Courts Act praying the High Court to punish the Respondents for not implementing willfully and deliberately disobeying the orders of this Hon`ble Court dated: 24-03-2005 in WP. No. 2385 of 2005; The Contempt Case coming on for orders upon perusing the Case and the affidavit filed herein and upon hearing the arguments of Sri R.N. Reddy, Advocate for the petitioner and of the G.P. for Revenue, for the respondents, the Court made the following ORDER: “This Court by order dated: 24-03-2005 directed Second respondent herein to make a reference to the Civil Court under Section 18 (1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1984 (the Act, for short). The allegation is that the said order is disobeyed. However, at the time of admission, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Revenue (Land Acquisition) brought to the notice of this Court that the second respondent made a reference vide Roc. F/225/2000, dated: 07-03-2005 and handed over the same to the Assistant Government Pleader attached to the Court of Senior Civil Judge, Tirupathi. When the information was sought by the Government Pleader’s Office, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, the second respondent contacted the Assistant Government Pleader, Tirupathi, who by communication dated: 08-03-2006 Addressed to the second respondent informed that the reference sent by the second respondent was received by him and the same was submitted to the Court of the Principal Senior Civil Judge, Tirupathi and is pending for numbering. The learned Principal Senior Civil Judge, Tirupathi is therefore, directed to send a report in this regard within one week from today, giving reasons as to why the reference made by the second respondent was not taken cognizance even after a period of one year. Post the Contempt Case on 27-03-2006”. DEPUTY REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1. The Principal Senior Civil Judge, Tirupathi, Chittoor District. (with a copy of petition and affidavit and the order dated: 24-03-2005 passed in WP. No. 2385 of 2005) 2. SS Rawat, District Collector, Chittoor District, Chittoor. 3. M. Babaiah, Land Acquisition Officer, Office of the Revenue Divisional Officer, Tirupathi, Chittoor Dt. (ADDRESSEES 2 & 3 BY RPAD with a copy of petition and affidavit) 4. The Section Officer, V.R. Section, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad. 5. The Section Officer, O.S. Section, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad. 6. Two CCs to the G.P. for Revenue, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad. (OUT) 7. One spare copy. Ksv HIGH COURT Ksv Date of drafting: 20-03-2006 VVSR J DATE: 20-03-2006 NOTE: POST THE CONTEMPT CASE ON 27-03-2006 ORDER C.C. No. 269 of 2006 DIRECTION