On the question whether such violation is wilful and deliberate, the explanation given in the counter-affidavit, for non-payment of subsistence allowance within time, is that the petitioner was not cooperating in furnishing her details such as her bank account and her I.D. number; therefore the particulars, such as the I.D. number, were obtained from her old station i.e. ZPHS Ganugabanda, Garidepally mandal; and the same was informed to the Head Master, ZPHS, Kalamalachurvu for processing the bill for arranging payment of subsistence allowance. The order of this Court did not require the petitioner to furnish any such details. The very fact that the respondents eventually made payment, without the petitioner having furnished such details, goes to show that the respondents could have complied with the order of this Court within the stipulated time. Their failure to comply with the order within time is therefore wilful and deliberate, and, consequently, action needs to be taken against them under the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971.
