ORDER

In a writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution, an order was passed in civil order No. 11478-W/1985, in the matter of Sri Dinabandu Dey v. State of West Bengal & Ors. The High Court made an order to the effect of directing the consideration of the cases of the petitioners therein, in terms of the National Volunteers Force Act and the rules framed therein, to be employed on rotational basis and to the effect that their services shall not be disturbed except on terms as directed in the statute and they shall be absorbed as and when permanent vacancies arise. On the basis that this order had not been implemented or given effect to, proceedings in contempt were initiated in civil rule No. 9744-W/1989 and the High Court ultimately concluded that the contempt application has become infructuous in view of certain orders passed by the government, the rule stood discharged and the connected applications also stood dismissed. Thereafter, one more application was filed under the Contempt of Courts Act in civil rule No. 6577-W/1991. By an order made on 8.7.1993, the High Court held that the appellants were guilty of contempt for not complying with the order referred to by