1. One of the petitioners in a batch of writ petitions which was decided on July 27, 2020 complains of the deliberate and wilful violation of the relevant order. Several senior Union and State officials have been arraigned as contemnors for their perceived failure to act in accordance with the order dated July 27, 2020 (hereinafter referred to as "the said order").

2. The petitioner here is a political party, one which has returned to power in this State following the Assembly elections conducted a few months back. It may also be noticed that most major political parties in the State had filed the other petitions in the batch of petitions that came to be decided by the said order. Even the State Government supported the writ petitions by filing an affidavit.

3. In essence, the prayers in the petitions that were decided by the said order sought implementation of reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBC) in the All India Quota (AIQ) of the seats surrendered by the State for admission to the under - graduate, post - graduate and diploma medical and dental courses in the State.
The prayers in most of the petitions required such reservation to be implemented in the State with effect fro