M. Seetharama Murti, J.

1. This contempt case under Sections 10 to 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 is filed by the petitioners in CRP No. 2743 of 2012 requesting to punish the sole respondent for willful disobedience of the orders of this Court dated 8.2.2013 in CRP No. 2743 of 2012. I have heard the submissions of the learned Counsel for both the sides. I have perused the material record.

In this contempt case, the parties shall hereinafter be referred to as 'the petitioners' and 'the respondent' for convenience and clarity.

2. Now, the point for determination is:

Whether the petitioners have made out a case that the respondent had willfully violated and disobeyed the orders of this Court dated 8.2.2013 made in CRP No. 2743 of 2012 and had further made out valid and sufficient grounds for punishing the respondent for contempt of Court?

3. Point:

3(a). The facts necessary for consideration are as follows: "Having been aggrieved of the orders dated 28.12.2011 of the learned Judge, Additional Family Court, Hyderabad passed in I.A. No. 770 of 2011 in OP No. 574 of 2011, the respondent herein had filed CRP No. 2743 of 2012 before this Court. The said OP was filed by the respondent herein for dissolution of marriage. The petitioners herein filed the above mentioned Interlocutory Application for grant of interim maintenance. The learned Judge, Additional Family Court, Hyderabad had granted maintenance payable from September 2011 at the rate of Rs. 11,350/- per month to the petitioners, who are the wife and the minor children of the respondent. This Court, by orders dated 8.2.2013, had dismissed the revision petition of the respondent and had granted him three months time from the date of receipt of a copy of that order to deposit the entire arrears of maintenance as ordered by the Additional Family Court. In the light of the final orders in the revision, the miscellaneous petition in MP No. 3649 of 2012 was dismissed and the other miscellaneous petitions in MP Nos. 5917 of 2012 and 8483 of 2012 were closed and the interim stay granted on 5.7.2012 was vacated.

3(b). In the above-stated admitted factual background, the petitioners had now filed this contempt case inter alia alleging as follows: "Despite the orders dated 8.2.2013 in the C.R.P., wherein, a direction was given to the respondent herein to deposit the entire arrears of maintenance within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of the order in the revision, the respondent did not pay or deposit the entire arrears of maintenance as per the orders of this Court and as per the orders of the Additional Family Court. The 1st petitioner along with her minor children is residing at her parents' house at Karimnagar. She is finding it difficult to travel from Karimnagar to Hyderabad on the date of every hearing and therefore, she had requested for transfer of the OP No. 574 of 2011 from the file of the learned Judge, Additional Family Court, Hyderabad to the Family Court at Karimnagar and this Court was pleased to pass order dated 9.10.2013 transferring the said OP to the file of the Judge, Family Court, Warangal. The respondent had not paid maintenance amount even after the lapse of a period of more than one year though a copy of the order of this Court was received by him long time back. The respondent had only paid a sum of Rs. 11,350/- on 28.11.2011 at the first instance after grant of interim maintenance and had failed to comply with the orders of this Court. The said acts and conduct of the respondent in not obeying the orders of this Court is nothing but willful disobedience. The respondent had acted in utter disregard of the orders of this Court. The 1st petitioner had issued a notice dated 12.6.2014 to the respondent requesting to comply with the orders of this Court within a period one week from the date of receipt of the notice by the respondent. Instead of complying with and obeying the orders of this Court, the respondent had issued a vague repl