APHC010075942025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY,THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE TARLADA RAJASEKHAR RAO CONTEMPT CASE NO: Between: 1. PULLA JAKARAIAH, S/O SARVAIAH, AGED 70 YEARS, RETD JOINT COMMISSIONER, (COMMERCIAL TAXES) R/O PLOT NO. 16, JSP MANSION GOLDEN MEADOWS, RUBY BLOCK, KOMPALLY, MEDCHAL, MALKAJGIRI, TELANGANA 2. V.S.NEERAJA, W/O P.V.N.RAJU, 5, CHINNA WALTAIR, TAMIL STREET, VISAKHAPATNAM 1. D SRINIVASA RAO, S/O NOT KNOWN TO THE PETITIONER, AGED ABOUT NOT KNOWN TO THE PETITIONER, PANCHAYAT SECRETARY, AMBAPURAM GRAM PANCHAYAT, AM VILLAGE, VIJAYAWADA RURAL MANDAL NTR DISTRICT. 2. GANDIKOTA SEETAIAH, S/O VENKAIAH, AGE 42 YEARS, OCC GRAMA SARPANCH, AMBAPURAM R/O AMBAPURAM GRAM PANCHAYAT, AMBAPURAM VIJAYAWADA RURAL, KRISHNA DISTRICT. Petition under Sections 10 to 12 of Contempt of Courts Act 1971 praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit file herein the High Court may be pleased to may be pleased to issue notice to the Respondents herein and punish under sections 10 to 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 for their willful disobedience of the orders dated 07.01.2025 of this Honble Court made in WP.No. 16970 of 2024 and pass such IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY,THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE TARLADA RAJASEKHAR RAO CONTEMPT CASE NO: 540/2025 PULLA JAKARAIAH, S/O SARVAIAH, AGED 70 YEARS, RETD JOINT COMMISSIONER, (COMMERCIAL TAXES) R/O PLOT NO. 16, JSP MANSION GOLDEN MEADOWS, RUBY BLOCK, KOMPALLY, MEDCHAL, MALKAJGIRI, TELANGANA-500100. V.S.NEERAJA, W/O P.V.N.RAJU, AGED 42 YEARS, R/O D.NO.8 5, CHINNA WALTAIR, TAMIL STREET, VISAKHAPATNAM-530017. ...PETITIONER(S) AND D SRINIVASA RAO, S/O NOT KNOWN TO THE PETITIONER, AGED ABOUT NOT KNOWN TO THE PETITIONER, PANCHAYAT SECRETARY, AMBAPURAM GRAM PANCHAYAT, AMBAPURAM VILLAGE, VIJAYAWADA RURAL MANDAL NTR DISTRICT. GANDIKOTA SEETAIAH, S/O VENKAIAH, AGE 42 YEARS, OCC GRAMA SARPANCH, AMBAPURAM R/O AMBAPURAM GRAM PANCHAYAT, AMBAPURAM VIJAYAWADA RURAL, KRISHNA ...CONTEMNOR(S): Petition under Sections 10 to 12 of Contempt of Courts Act 1971 praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit file herein the High Court may be pleased to may be pleased to issue notice to the Respondents herein and o 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 for their willful disobedience of the orders dated 07.01.2025 of this Honble Court made in WP.No. 16970 of 2024 and pass such IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH [3330] THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE TARLADA RAJASEKHAR RAO PULLA JAKARAIAH, S/O SARVAIAH, AGED 70 YEARS, RETD JOINT COMMISSIONER, (COMMERCIAL TAXES) R/O PLOT NO. 16, JSP MANSION GOLDEN MEADOWS, RUBY BLOCK, KOMPALLY, AGED 42 YEARS, R/O D.NO.8-27- 530017. ...PETITIONER(S) D SRINIVASA RAO, S/O NOT KNOWN TO THE PETITIONER, AGED ABOUT NOT KNOWN TO THE PETITIONER, PANCHAYAT BAPURAM GANDIKOTA SEETAIAH, S/O VENKAIAH, AGE 42 YEARS, OCC GRAMA SARPANCH, AMBAPURAM R/O AMBAPURAM GRAM PANCHAYAT, AMBAPURAM VIJAYAWADA RURAL, KRISHNA ...CONTEMNOR(S): Petition under Sections 10 to 12 of Contempt of Courts Act 1971 praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit file herein the High Court may be pleased to may be pleased to issue notice to the Respondents herein and o 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 for their willful disobedience of the orders dated 07.01.2025 of this Honble Court 2 IA NO: 1 OF 2025 Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to grant leave to add "Gandikota Seetaiah S/o.Venkaiah, Age 42 years, Occ.Grama Sarpanch, Ambapuram, R/o. Ambapuram Gram Panchayat, Ambapuram, Vijayawada Rural, Krishna District" as Respondent No.2 to the present contempt case and pass. IA NO: 2 OF 2025 Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased Counsel for the Petitioner(S): 1. ARUN SHOWRI G Counsel for the Contemnor(S): 1. SRICHARAN TELAPROLU 2. Y KOTESWARA RAO The Court made the following: 3 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE TARLADA RAJASEKHAR RAO CONTEMPT CASE No.540 of 2025 ORDER: This Court has disposed of the Writ Petition directing the 4th respondent to follow due process of law before initiating any action against the subject property of the Writ Petition No.16970 of 2024. The contempt case is filed stating that the respondents are intending to construct water tank on the petitioner’s land and destroying the petitioner’s house constructed with iron sheets, demonstrates a blatant disregard of the authority against the orders passed by this Court. Hence, the respondents are liable for punishment under the provisions of Contempt of Courts Act, 1971. 2. The 1st respondent filed counter. It is stated in the paragraph No.5 that after receiving the orders from this Court, the 1st respondent has not taken any further steps against the subject property and conducted general body meeting on 03.09.2025 and passed a resolution No.60 on the same day to propose an alternative site i.e., R.S.No.98/2 (L.P.No.42/1994, VGTM UDA) which is also a common site of the gram panchayat to construct the water tank. There is no willful negligence in compliance of this Court order. There is no interference by the 1st respondent in the subject property in Sy.No.96/2B. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioner also stated that subsequent to the filing of the Contempt Case, there is no interference by the respondents. 4. Recording the said submission, the present Contempt Case is closed. There shall be no order as to costs. Consequently, Miscellaneous Petitions, pending in the contempt case shall stand closed. __________________________________ JUSTICE TARLADA RAJASEKHAR RAO Date: 23.04.2026 GRL 4 98 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE TARLADA RAJASEKHAR RAO Contempt Case No.540 of 2025 23.04.2026 G GRRLL