M. S. A. Siddiqui, J.

( 1 ) THE petitioner was allotted plot No. 111, Block E, in Malviya Nagar Extension Residential Scheme, New Delhi. Thereafter the respondent No. 1 cancelled the allotment arbitrarily. Aggrieved by the said action the petitioner filed a writ petition under Article 226. On 27. 5. 1981 the petitioner obtained a stay order from this Court against cancellation and dispossession. It is alleged that inspite of the stay order the respondent Nos. 1 to 3 allotted the said plot to the respondent No. 5 who had in turn transferred the same to the respondent No. 4. It is further alleged that the respondents have contumaciously disobeyed the stay order dated 27th May, 1981 by allotting the plot to the respondent 5 and thus they are liable to be punished under Section 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act.

( 2 ) ON this petition a Rule was issued by this Court on 8. 2. 1989 calling upon the respondents to show cause why they should not be dealt with for contempt for the alleged violation of the Court s Order dated 27. 5. 1981 in CWP 1273/81. In response to the Rule issued on the respondents, the respondents 1 to 3 have shown cause and have taken up the plea that the Court s order

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