( 1 ) HEARD Sri S. Satyanarayana Prasad, the learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and Sri Vidyasagar, Sri D. V. Seetarama Murthy, Sri D. V. Subrahmanya sarma and Smt. K. Udayasree, the learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the contesting respondents.

( 2 ) SINCE the issue involved in all these Writ Petitions is common, they are being taken up together for disposal.

( 3 ) IN these writ petitions, filed at the instance of the Director, Intermediate education, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Nampally, Hyderabad, challenging the very maintainability of proceedings in the contempt applications Nos. 482/01, 865/01, 994/01, 964/01 and 962/01 arising out of the common orders passed in o. A. No. 4672/95 dated 02-12-1999 on the file of A. P. Administrative Tribunal, twin questions of importance arise for consideration are viz. , (i) whether, on the facts and circumstances, the orders of the A. P. Administrative tribunal on being challenged in a Writ under Article 226 of the Constitution of india merge with the orders passed by this Court, and therefore, no contempt proceedings would lie before the A. P. Administrative Tribunal for violation of its orders; and (ii) Whether, on

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