JUDGMENT :

A.M. Khanwilkar, J.

1. The instant appeal under Section 19 (1) (b) of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, assails the judgment and orders passed by the Division Bench of the High Court of Delhi at New Delhi in C.M. No.820 of 2001 in C.W.P. No.6734 of 2000 dated 1st June, 2001 and in R.A. No.6600 of 2001 in C.W.P. No.6734 of 2000 dated 10th May, 2006 whereby the appellant has been found guilty of filing false affidavit and attempting to mislead the Court, thus committing contempt of court by his acts which were of such a nature that they tended to substantially interfere with the due course of justice. The appellant has been sentenced to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of 30 (Thirty) days and to pay a fine of Rs.25,000/- (Twenty Five Thousand Only). Review petition against the said decision came to be dismissed on 10th May, 2006.

2. Briefly stated, the appellant was working as a Junior Engineer in Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). The writ petitioner (respondent No.1 herein) had alleged that the appellant and other officials, including police officials had, by their act of commission and omission, first permitted the writ petitioner to carry on unauthorised constr