ORDER :

In these petitions filed under Sections 2 and 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act read with Article 129 of the Constitution of India, the petitioners have prayed that the non petitioners be punished for wilful violation of order dated January 31, 2008 passed in Civil Appeal No.782 of 2006, State of Uttar Pradesh and another v. Mukund Lal Singh and connected matters.

2. At the hearing, learned counsel for the non petitioners invited our attention to order dated 27.8.2010 passed by the State Government and submitted that the notice of contempt may be discharged.

3. We have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record.

4. The order passed by the State Government for complying with the directions given by the High Court and this Court reads as under:

"Hon'ble Governor has been pleased to accord its sanction to extend following facilities/benefits to the petitioners of Contempt Petition No. 255 of 2008, Mukund Lal Singh v. Atul Kumar Gupta, Secretary, Government of Uttar Pradesh; Contempt Petition No.256 of 2008, Shailendra Kumar Pandey and others v. Kunwar Fateh Bahadur Singh and others; and Contempt Petition No. 15 of 2009 (Civil Appeal No. 782 of 2006), Mohd. Shakilud