( 1 ) IN these three contempt petitions under Sections 10, 11, and 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 (the Act for short), the complainants have sought to initiate contempt proceedings against the respondents/ accused and to punish them in accordance with law of disobedience of the orders made by the subordinate Courts.

( 2 ) BRIEF facts of the case necessary for the disposal of the these cases are as follows :-THE complainant in C. C. C. No. 605 of 1994 filed a suit in O. S. No. 92 of 1993 on the file of the Munsiff, Chintamani, for a declaration that the notice in No. FA-K1p-652-53 dated 28-1-1993 issued by the respondent herein was illegal and for permanent injunction restraining him from disconnecting the electricity to installation No. KIP 19 of Chinnasandra village belonging to the complainant. After the notice was served, on the undertaking given by the respondent, the Court by its order dated 25-2-1993 directed not to disconnect power to the said installation of the complainant. To circumvent the aforesaid undertaking, it is alleged, the respondent issued another notice dated 21-12-1993 which was the subject matter of W. P. No. 1181 of 1994 filed by the complainant and

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