1 APHC010063212023 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3207] FRIDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE BATTU DEVANAND CONTEMPT CASE NO: 1048/2023 Between: 1. KUNDRAPU RAMBABU, S/O MUTHYALU, AGED ABOUT 75 YEARS, OCC COOLIE R/O. BHEEMABOINAPALEM, MAKAVARAPALEM MANDAL,VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT. PRESENT ANAKAPALLE DIST. ...PETITIONER AND 1. GOPALA KRISHNA DWIVEDI I A S, PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF PANCHAYAT RAJ AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT (RD-1) SECRETARIAT, VELAGAPUDI, GUNTUR DISTRICT.R1 IN W.13 2. SRI RAVI SUBASH IAS, THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT. PRESENT ANAKAPALLE DIST. R3 IN W.P 3. SRI MD LMTIAZ, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, THE SOCIETY FOR ELIMINATION OF RURAL POVERTY, N.T.R. BHAVAN, VIJAYAWADA, KRISHNA DISTRICT. R4 IN W.P 4. SRI ARUNA SRI, THE MANDAL PARISHAD DEVELOPMENT OFFICER, MAKAVARAPALEM MANDAL, ANAKAPALLI DISTRICT. R5 IN W.P 5. SRI LOVA KUMARI, PANCHAYAT SECRETARY, THE BHEEMABOINAPALEM GRAMA PANCHAYAT, MAKAVARAPALEMMANDAL, ANAKAPALLI DISTRICT. R6 IN W.P 2 ...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 pleased to punish the respondents under Sections 10 to 12 of Contempt of Court Act, for their wilful disobedience of the order of this Hon'ble Court dated 30.09.2022 in W.P. No.32346 of 2022 and to pass Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. PRASANTHI GUDE Counsel for the Contemnor(S): 1. HARISH KUMAR RASINENI SC FOR SERP 2. KIRAN KUMAR VADLAMUDI 3. N SRIHARI (Standing Counsel for ZPP MPP and GRAM PANCHAYAT) 4. HARI BABU MAGULURI SC For SERP The Court made the following: 3 THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE BATTU DEVANAND CONTEMPT CASE NO. 1048 of 2023 ORDER: The contempt case is filed complaining wilful disobedience of the order dated 30.09.2022 passed by this Court in W.P.No.32346 of 2022. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner represents that the petitioner is getting pension with effect from 01.05.2026. 3. Sri N.Srihari, learned Standing Counsel for ZPP, MPP and Gram Panchayat appearing for the respondents submits that in compliance of the order of the Court, the respondents paid pension to the petitioner from the date of stopping the pension till the date of the order in the writ petition. 4. Considering the above factual position, in our considered view, no further adjudication is required in this Contempt Case. 5. Accordingly, the Contempt Case is closed. There shall be no order as to costs. 6. It is open to the petitioner to seek redressal of his grievance, if the payment of pension is stopped illegally in future. As a sequel, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. __________________________ JUSTICE BATTU DEVANAND Dated: 19.06.2026 Pmk 4 102 THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE BATTU DEVANAND CONTEMPT CASE NO: 1048/2023 Dated: 19.06.2026 Pmk