( 1 ) THIS petition is filed by the Registrar General of this Court seeking initiation of proceedings against the respondents and for taking action in terms of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 ("act" for short ).

( 2 ) THE events resulting in moving this petition according to the averments of the petition are as under : on Saturday the 21st day of December 2002, a news item was published in a Kannada Daily "mysore Mitra" from Mysore in the name and style "district Judge Hosur Transferred". On 22nd December 2002, Deccan Herald, an English daily, published as "resort scandal : Judge transferred". Vijaya Karnataka, a Kannada Daily, published resignation of the Judge. Kannada Prabha, a Kannada Daily, got similar news published in the caption "transfer of Mysore Principal District Judge". Udaya Vani, Samyukta Karnataka - Kannada Dailies, and Times of India, an English Daily, have published similar news items mentioning that Sri. K. G. Hosur, Principal District Judge, Mysore has been transferred and the transfer relates to the incident of Mysore Resort, and that due to that Sri K. G. Hosur sent a request letter for voluntary retirement. It is stated in the petition that