JUDGMENT

A. P. SEN, J. :— This appeal under S. 19 (1) of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 (for short the Act), and the connected special leave petitions, are directed against two orders passed by the Addl. Judicial Commissioner, Goa, Daman and Diu, on October 10 and 17, 1980 by which he directed that the Government of Goa, Daman and Diu should issue accreditation to the respondent within 7 days, i. e., by October 17, 1980, later extended by a day and that the Administrator and the Acting Chief Secretary be impleaded to the contempt proceedings and they be issued notices to show cause for contempt. It is somewhat unfortunate that the case should have taken this turn. We feel that the learned Addl. Judicial Commissioner should have acted with greater circumspection. The whole controversy before the learned Additional Judicial Commissioner turned on the question whether or not prior residence was a pre-condition for the issue of accreditation, under Rule 2 (1) of S. II of the Rules for Accreditation of Press Correspondents and News Agencies (for short the Rules), in the writ petition filed by the respondent, but the question was left undetermined. Rule 2 of S. II of the Rules is as fo