ORDER :

This Contempt Case has been filed seeking to punish the respondent for willful disobedience in implementing the order, dated 09.11.2020 in C.R.P.No.1137 of 2020 passed by this Court.

2. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner filed F.C.O.P.No.634 of 2017 on the file of the XIV Additional District and Sessions Judge-cum-Judge, Additional Family Court, Vijayawada, Krishna District, for custody of the minor child. Being aggrieved for non-disposal of the said petition, the petitioner filed C.R.P.No.1137 of 2020 before this Court seeking direction to dispose of the petition in F.C.O.P.No.634 of 2017 on the file of the Judge, Family Court, Vijayawada, Krishna District, within three months.

3. This Court, by order, dated 09.11.2020, directed the learned Judge, Family Court, Vijayawada, to dispose of the said O.P.No.634 of 2017 as expeditiously as possible, preferably, within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of the order.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that in spite of specific direction from this Court, the learned Judge, Family Court, Vijayawada, did not dispose of the same. Thereby, the learned Judge committed