Mr. Justice A.N. Divecha, Chairman—The applicant has moved an application for contempt under Section 13B read with Section 12A(2) of the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act, 1969 (the MRTP Act for brief) read with Order XXXIX, Rule 2A of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 for dealing with the respondents in accordance with law for not complying with the order passed by this Commission on 1st August, 1997. The respondents have filed their reply and have resisted this application on various grounds.

2. It is not necessary to set out in detail the facts giving rise to the present application. It may be sufficient to mention at this stage that the applicant has approached this Commission under Section 10(a)(i) and under Section 36B(a) of the MRTP Act charging the respondents with adoption of and indulgence in restrictive and unfair trade practices qua inviting tenders for supplying certain articles required by respondent No. 1 from time to time. By an order passed by this Commission on 1st April, 1997, this Commission restrained the respondents from finalising and/or awarding the contract of tender bearing No. TE-1. It appears that later on, by an order passed on 1st Augu