ORDER:-(per Hon’ble Sri Justice Ravi NathTilhari)

Heard Ms.Nimmagadda Revathi, learned counsel for the contempt petitioners and Sri Y.N.Vivekananda, learned counsel along with Sri Deepak Misra, learned counsel (appearing through virtual mode) for the respondent No. 2.

2. Respondent No.2 - Sri Nagatham Mukunda Reddy is present in person.

FACTS:

3. The present Contempt Petition has been filed by the petitioners against the respondent No.2 (respondent Nos.1, 3 & 4 are deceased) for willful disobedience of the interim order dated 16.07.2021 passed in I.A.No.1 of 2021 in A.S.No.1280 of 2017 pending in this Court.

4. The contempt petitioners are the respondent Nos.1 & 2 in A.S.No.1280 of 2017 and the respondent No.2 is the appellant No.2 in the appeal. The contempt petitioners are the plaintiffs in O.S.No.139 of 2009 on the file of V Additional District Judge, Tirupati which was decreed on 06.09.2017 against which the present respondent No.2, along with one another (deceased), has filed the appeal.

INTERIM ORDER IN APPEAL:

5. In the Appeal A.S.No.1280 of 2017, I.A.No.1 of 2021 was filed by respondent No.2 for release of the original documents marked as Exs.B2 to B7 in the suit before the learne