Heard the learned Advocate General, Sri Satyanarayana Prasad, the learned Senior Counsel representing the Opposite Party No.1 and Sri S.R. Ashok, the learned Senior Counsel representing the Opposite Party No.2.

2. Show Cause Notices were issued by this Court on 4-8-2006 where under this Court had stated as hereunder:

1. An unfortunate, unprecedented, novel situation arose in State of Andhra Pradesh wherein the Press reported and there was telecast too, of certain controversial statements threatening and derogatory, said to have been made about judicial verdict and also judiciary by both Sri Dr. V.S. Rajashekhar Reddy, the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and Sri K. Keshav Rao, the Pradesh Congress Committee, Chief of State of Andhra Pradesh. Judge is a public office. Judge is accountable to public. Judge is expected to discharge his duties as per the oath administered to him and taken, and as per the provisions of the Constitution of India. Confidence of public at large in judiciary to be protected at any cost and when the same is at peril, judge is duty bound to act in accordance with law. If the constitutional duties are not discharged by the constitutional functionaries, it i