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CONT No. 108 of 2025, High Court of Chhattisgarh, Bilaspur (Arvind Kumar Verma, J.), order dated 22/01/2025. Petitioner Kanhaiya Das sought contempt action under Article 215 of the Constitution read with Sections 10 & 12 of the Contempt of Court Act, 1971 against Bimal Vishvas, Sandhya Rani Vishvas, Vijay Vishvas and Sharda Vishvas for alleged breach of the interim status-quo order dated 19.02.2024 passed in First Appeal No. 129 of 2023 (I.A. No. 01/2023 under Order 39, Rule 1 and 2 read with Section 151 CPC). Held: since Order 39 Rule 2A of the CPC, 1908 specifically provides for non-compliance of or continued breach of such orders, the contempt petition was not maintainable at this juncture; dismissed and closed; petitioner free to take recourse within the pending appeal; certified copy and pen drive to be returned; no costs. Keywords: contempt, maintainability, Article 215, Contempt of Court Act 1971, Order 39 Rule 2A CPC, status-quo, temporary injunction.