JUDGMENT :

Subramonium Prasad, J.

1. The instant contempt petition has been filed to initiate contempt proceedings and punish the Contemnors for violating the Order dated 18.03.2019, passed by this Court in W.P.(C) 11616/2015 titled as Ajay Maken & Ors v. Union of India & Ors., stating that the purported action of the Contemnors in demolishing the jhuggis of the slum dwellers of Netaji Nagar is contrary to the mandate of the aforementioned judgment.

2. The facts, as stated in the instant contempt petition, are that the Petitioner organization, i.e. Jhuggi Jhopri Vikas Samiti, Netaji Nagar is an unregistered organisation of the resident slum dwellers of Netaji Nagar. It is stated that the inhabitants of the Jhuggis are men, women and children who have been residing in the Jhuggis in and around Netaji Nagar Government Housing Complex for decades and are working as domestic help, washermen, ironer(s), drivers, etc. and provide such other services to the residents of Netaji Nagar which houses Government Officers.

3. Material on record discloses that the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs, Land & Development Office, Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi, has given notices to the occupants of the Petiti