This contempt application has been filed by the petitioner-Welfare Association praying to punish the respondent for wilful disobedience of the order of this Court made in W.M.P. No. 19945 of 1996 in W.P. No. 14569 of 1994, dated 8-10-1996 as confirmed by the order dated 10-3-1997 thus committing contempt of this Court.

2. In the affidavit filed in support of the contempt application, the petitioner would submit that the petitioner-Association is a society registered under the provisions of the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act; that the petitioner along with the above writ petition, filed two writ miscellaneous petitions, the first one in W.M.P. No. 19445 of 1996 praying for an injunction restraining the respondents 2, 3, 4 and 6 from interfering with the upkeep, and maintenance of the disputed space by the petitioner-Association and this Court was pleased to admit the writ petition and granted an order of injunction on 8-10-1996 and when the above W.M.P. came up for final disposal on 10-3-1997, this Court made the interim order absolute with certain specific directions; that all the respondents concerned had knowledge of the order.

3. The further submission of the