1. These are two contempt applications, one filed under S.12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 , and the other filed under Art. 215 of the Constitution for taking action against R. R. Upadhya and S. N. Tewari, respondent, for wilful disobedience of the orders of this Court.

2. S. P. Agarwal, the applicant, was in the service of the District Co - operative Bank, Bijnor, as its Secretary. Certain charges were framed against him and he was placed under suspension on 6-2-1976. After enquiry he was removed from service on 11-6-1976. The Committee of Management of the Bank had been superseded and R. R. Upadhya, Deputy Registrar, Co - operative Societies, was appointed Administrator under S. 35 of the U. P. Co - operative Societies Act. 1965, to manage the affairs of the Bank, S. P. Agarwal challenged the validity of the order of his dismissal before this Court by means of a writ petition under Art. 226 of the Constitution. The writ petition (No. 1379 of 1976) was admitted on 31st August, 1976, and notices were issued to the Bank and to the Administrator Along with the writ petition an application for stay was also filed. A Division Bench of this Court passed the following ex parte inte