1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA. COPC (T) No. 67 of 2008. Decided on: 27th October, 2010. Sansar Chand Sood & ors. .….. Petitioners. Versus Avay Shukla & ors. …. .. Respondents. Coram The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Kurian Joseph, Chief Justice The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Kuldip Singh, Judge. For the petitioners : None. For the Respondents : Mr. Ankush Dass Sood, Addl. Advocate General. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Justice Kurian Joseph, C.J. (Oral) In view of the intervening developments, some of which are referred to in the reply-affidavit, this contempt petition is dismissed without prejudice to the liberty of the petitioners to pursue their surviving grievances, if any, in appropriate proceedings in which case such an attempt shall not be rejected on the only ground of delay since the petitioners have been pursuing the matter in the contempt proceedings. Dasti copy. (Justice Kurian Joseph), Chief Justice 27th October, 2010 (Justice Kuldip Singh), (tr) Judge.