Mrs. Pal, J.

In this application the petitioners have prayed for institution of contempt proceedings against the respondents for violation of an order dated 30th October, 1990 passed in an appeal preferred by the petitioners. The order in question is brief and is as follows:-

"In the mean time the interim order as issued earlier will continue."

2. The appeal arose out of an order disposing of a writ proceeding. While it is not necessary to go into the merits of the writ proceeding a brief statement of the background is noted for the purpose of determining the issues involved in this application. In the writ proceeding, the petitioners had challenged a decision of the Government by which it was directed that teachers of the Calcutta Municipal Corporation who exercised option for the revised scale of pay as sanctioned in respect of them, must retire at the age of 60 years. The petitioners' case appears to be that a teacher of the Calcutta Municipal Corporation is entitled to the revised scale of pay as well as to the right to retire at the age of 65 years if such teacher continued to be mentally alert and physically fit.

3. The writ proceeding was heard and disposed of by K.M. Yu