JUDGMENT - Jamdar, J.-Writ Petition No. 3680 of 1983 filed by the petitioners for seeking various reliefs against the respondents was by an order passed on 21-143-1983 treated as a contempt petition under section 10 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971. By the same order notices were issued only to Respondents Nos. 2, 4, 5, 6 and 12 and the writ petition filed by the petitioners was rejected in limine, restricting the charge of contempt only against the said respondents.

2. Contempt complained of is of the order dated 3rd October 1983 passed by the President, Maharashtra Revenue Tribunal in an appeal pre ferred by petitioners, being aggrieved by the order of the Assistant Charity Commissioner, Jalgaon, refusing to grant interim injunction during the pendency of the application filed by the petitioners under section 51 of the Bombay Public Trusts Act, 1950.

3. Petitioner Nos. 1 and 2 were the members of the governing council of Vidyawardhini Sabha, a public trust registered under the Bombay Public Trusts Act and the Societies Registration Act. The Governing Council consisted of 12 members, whose term, as per the constitution of the Sabha, expired in March 1983. However, as per the prov

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