1. This complaint under sections 11 and 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 is filed by the petitioner in Writ Petition No. 60438 of 2009 complaining that the order dated 25.2.2009 passed in Writ Petition No. 60438 of 2009 has not been obeyed by the respondents and on the other hand, disregarded.

2. The complainant claims to be the owner of certain extent of agricultural land located in Sy. No. 244 of Kamalapura Village and that an extent of 4 acres 21 cents in this survey number had come to be acquired for public purpose, namely, for preserving certain monuments excavated by the Archeological Survey of India, in terms of notification issued under section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, [for short ‘the Act’] in the year 1977.

3. The award of the Land Acquisition Officer had determined compensation payable to the complainant – owner of the land in a sum of Rs. 10,800/- per acre and it appears the complainant was quite content with this compensation and had not pursued the matter by seeking reference under section 18 of the Act.

4. A like land owner whose lands also were acquired under the same notification had approached the civil court seeking enhancement of the com