Honble CHAUHAN, J.–This review petition has been filed against the order dated 29.7.99 by which the Contempt Petition No. 151/1999 was rejected holding that the respondents had not committed the contempt for the reason that this Court, vide order dated 10.12.98 directed the State Government to consider the representation of the petitioner and the same had been considered and appropriate order was passed.

(2). Whatever may be merit of the review petition, the question of maintainability of review in contempt jurisdiction is to be considered. It is settled proposition of law that review jurisdiction cannot be exercised in inherent powers of the Court as held in a catena of decisions. Review is a creation of Statute and in absence of any provision for review, the Authority cannot entertain a review application and pass any order thereon. (Vide Baijnath Ram vs. Narainrao (1); Harbhanjan Singh vs. Karam Singh (2); Patel Narshi Thakershi vs. Pradyuman Singhji Arjunsinghji (3); The State of Assam & Anr. vs. J.N. Roy Biswas (4); Chandra Bhan Singh vs. Latafat Ullah Khan (5); and Dr. Smt. Kuntesh Gupta vs. Management of Hindu Kanya Mahavidyalaya, Sitapur (6).

(3). In State vs. Baldev Raj (7),

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