S. BARMAN, J.

( 1 ) THE genesis of these contempt proceedings before us was an ordinary rent dispute between a landlord and a tenant in respect of certain lands in a certain village in an Inam estate at Berhampur in the district of Ganjam, primarily governed by the Madras Estates Land Act (Act I of 1908 ). The original Crl. Misc. Case No. 6 of 1955 relates to contempt proceedings. The connected writ petition being O. J. C. No. 190 of 1955, posted for hearing analogously with the said contempt matter, has since become infructuous and was not pressed and is therefore dismissed.

( 2 ) THE alleged contemners are one Shri Brundaban Nayak described in the records herein as betel-leaves merchant, near Railway Station, Berhampur (Ganjam) (hereinafter referred to as Shri Nayak) and Shri Balakrishna Rath, Advocate berhampur (hereinafter referred to as Shri Rath) and Shri N. M. Patnaik, Pleader, berhampur (hereinafter referred to as Shri Patnaik ).

( 3 ) THE charges against Shri Nayak were these: On May 19, 1955 Shri Nayak had filed before the Additional District Collector, Ganjam-Chatrapur, two transfer petitions, namely, M. Cs. Nos. 2 and 3 of 1955 and made some prejudicial statements to