(Prayer: This petition having been heard and reserved on the orders of jurisdiction, coming on for pronouncement of orders, this day, N. Kumar J., pronounced the following in the Principal Bench at Bangalore)

1. The accused in C.C.C.No.2020 of 2009 are the government officials who are accused of willfully disobeying the lawful order passed by this Court. They have filed Misc.W.No. 61344 of 2009 to recall the order dated 27.05.2009 and to hear them regarding dropping of the proceedings against them in the interest of justice.

2. The facts giving raise to these proceedings are as under:

C.C.C.No. 2020 of 2009 is filed by one Balachandra Vigneshwara Dixit, the complainant praying for taking action against the accused for violating the orders dated 12.08.2008, 14.08.2008, 02.12.2006 and 19.12.2006 passed in writ petition No. 17580 of 2006. After service of notice, respondents entered appearance and filed their statement of objections, denying the allegations. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties, this Court passed an order on 27.5.2009 as under:

“Shri Subramanya Jois, learned senior counsel appearing for the appellant submits that the averments contained in the