1. The petitioner had filed a writ petition seeking for a direction to restrain the respondents from erecting or putting up any poles or towers for passing or transmitting electricity cables or wires through the petitioners nanja land situated in S.No.179/3B having the extent of 39 cents No.48 in Pandeswaran Village, Saidapet Taluk, Thiruvallur District.

2. When the writ petition came up for admission before me on 26.08.2013, I recorded the submission made by the learned counsel for the respondents that they would not proceed with the work, pending disposal of the writ petition. However, contrary to the undertaking given, the men employed by the respondents dug two pits. The date on which they dug pits is not very much relevant. But they did not proceed further, due to the aforesaid undertaking.

3. However, this contempt petition is filed complaining that the order of this Court was not complied with due to the digging of the pits.

4. The learned counsel for the respondents gave an undertaking to this Court on 10.10.2013 to close the pits dug for laying two poles. The said undertaking was recorded by this Court as hereunder :

“Learned Standing Counsel for the Electric