ORDER

1. These appeals arise out of a contempt petition wherein a Single Judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Gwalior Bench, in his order dated 1-4-2003 has ordered an enquiry against some officials and members of the C M.P. State Electricity Board by the Central Bureau of Investigation and arrayed some senior members of the Board and others as contemnors as well.

2. The facts are as under: the respondent, Vijay Singh Sengar, a practising advocate at Jabalpur, filed a writ petition in public interest pointing out that patients in government hospitals were suffering great agony on account of unscheduled load shedding from 6.30 a.m. to 8.30 a.m. and 7.00 p.m. to 8.00 c p.m. and that the entire State was plunged into darkness taking the State back to the "stone age days". Along with the writ petition a large number of newspaper cuttings were also appended, to substantiate the pleas that had been raised. During the hearing of the petition several senior officers of the Board were summoned to Court including Mr. R.N. Mishra, the Chief Engineer (O&M).

3. It was also observed in an interim order made by the Court that the Board had undertaken to take all measures to supply electricity fo