1. - In the instant contempt petition, the petitioner appellant has prayed for punishing the non-petitioners for disobedience of the order dated 1.8.2005 passed by co-ordinate Bench of this Court in S.B. Civil Misc. Appeal No. 1468/2004, whereby, both the parties were directed to maintain status quo and further directed that they shall not alter the position of the land in dispute nor they will sell or enter into agreement to sale of the property till pendency of the suit. In the order, further, it is directed that the trial Court will decide the suit expeditiously.

2. At the threshold, Mr. Manoj Bhandari, appearing on behalf of those contemnors who are not party in the suit submits that no disobedience has been made by them of the order passed by this Court and they are in possession or their land as per the sale-deed executed in their favour, therefore, those contemnors who were not impleaded in the suit cannot be held responsible for disobedience of the order passed by this Court in the appeal.

3. Learned counsel for contemnors No. I to 4 submits that no disobedience had been made by the non-petitioners for which contempt proceedings may be initiated against them, therefo