AR. LAKSHMANAN, J.

This Letters Patent Appeal is directed against the order of K. S. Bakthavatsalam, J., in Contempt Application No. 149 of 1992 dated 5-3-1993

2. The learned Judge dismissed the Contempt Application by observing in paragraph 6 as follows

"Having considered the arguments of Mr. S. Sampathkumar, the learned counsel for the petitioners/applicants, and of Mr. K. T. Palpandian, the learned counsel for the respondents, I am satisfied that no contempt has been committed on the facts and circumstances of this case. I find that there is no wilful disobedience on the part of the respondents in implementing the orders of this Court. It is true that there is some delay in implementing the orders of this Court, but the fact remains that the petitioners have been reinstated in the respondent-Commission. Whether the petitioners are entitled to the backwages for the period from 1990 to 1992 or not, cannot be decided in this Contempt Application, since the scope of the contempt application is very limited in deciding the question of paying the backwages for which the petitioners may be entitled to, according to the learned counsel for the petitioners. So, giving liberty t