Though the petitioners are different, as the subject matter and the nature of allegations in both the Contempt Cases are common, they are heard and being disposed of together.

The events which led to the filing of these Contempt Cases are briefly narrated here under:

The petitioners in W.P.No.23641 of 2013, four in number, filed the said Writ Petition with the averments that they belong to washermen community, eking out their livelihood carrying on the said occupation; that they have been living in the Guntur West Constituency for the last 22 years; that for the last ten years, they were making representations to respondent Nos.1 and 2 requesting them to grant house site pattas in vain; that two years prior to the filing of the Writ Petition, they have raised huts in Government (assigned) lands situated in D.No.600/1, Adavitakkellapadu village, Pedapalakaluru Gram Panchayat, Guntur Mandal; that the Government has issued D-Form pattas to about 5000 people living adjacent to the lands in which the petitioners have been living; that on 27-8-2011, they have made a representation to the Hon’ble Minister for Housing and he has in turn forwarded the same to respondent No.1-Distr