K. A. SWAMI C. J.

This petition is filed by the appellants in Contempt Appeal No. 5 of 1994, who are the tenants of the premises concerned in that appeal, for permitting them to deduct 20 per cent. out of the sum of Rs. 10 lakhs paid on August 1, 1994, and Rs. 3 lakhs payable on or before September 10, 1994, and in subsequent monthly payments, as per order dated August 2, 1994, passed in Contempt Appeal No. 5 of 1994 Contempt Appeal No. 5 of l994 was preferred against the order dated July 21, 1993, passed by the learned single judge in Contempt Application No. 596 of 1992 finding the appellants guilty of contempt of court and imposing a fine of Rs. 1, 500 in default, to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of 30 days. The complainants also filed L. P. A No. 172 of 1993 against the very order dated July 21, 1993, passed in Contempt Application No. 596 of 1992

Both L.P.A. No. 172 of 1993 and Contempt Appeal No. 5 of 1994 were heard together and decided by a common judgment dated July 29, 1994. We agreed with the finding recorded by the learned single judge that the appellants in Contempt Appeal No. 5 of 1994 were guilty of contempt of court for having wilfully disobeyed