HC seeks personal appearance of two in contempt case

Justice N.V. Shravan Kumar of the Telangana High Court issued notice requiring the personal appearance of P. Lalitha and P. Ashok Reddy in a contempt case alleging willful disobedience of a prior court direction to maintain status quo over disputed land. The judge is dealing with a contempt case filed by Mohd. Islamuddin Ansari. 

Earlier, the petitioner filed a writ petition seeking police protection for implementation of an interim injunction granted by the III Additional Junior Civil Judge, Sangareddy. The judge directed the parties to maintain status quo over the disputed property and restrained them from altering its physical features. 

The judge also directed the Patancheru Station House Officer to implement the injunction granted by the civil court. The petitioner alleged that despite the subsisting injunction, private respondents interfered with his possessiona and illegally constructed two floors on the disputed property. 

A criminal case was also registered following his complaint. Appearing for the petitioner, counsel Deepak Misra pointed out that despite issuance of notices, the private respondents failed to file any response and continued to violate the status quo order passed by the court earlier.