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2025 DAILYLAW 11540 (AP)

B.NAGANNA v. P.KOTESWARA RAO

CC/1740/2023 · 2025-07-10

K Sreenivasa Reddy

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APHC010133102023 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI QMS FRIDAY.THE ELEVENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CONTEMPT CASE NO: 1740 OF 2023 Contempt case U/s. 10 to 12 of Contempt of Courts Act 1971 to Punish the Respondents herein for willfully violating and disobeying the Orders of the High Court dt. 18-04-2022 in W.P.No.2536/2015. Between: 1. B Naganna, S/o B. Bazaranna, Aged about 60 years, Agriculture, R/o A. Gokulapadu Village, Kalluru Mandal, Kurnool District. 2. P. Chinna Ayyanna, S/o Savaranna, Aged about 46 years. Agriculture, R/o A. Gokulapadu Village, Kalluru Mandal, Kurnool District. 3. Smt. B. Venkaa Lachamma, W/o Late Chinna Peddaiah, -Aged about 45 years. Agriculture, R/o A. Gokulapadu Village, Kalluru Mandal, Kurnool District. 4. Smt. M. Govindamma, W/o Late M. Besanna, Aged about 55 years. Agriculture, R/o A. Gokulapadu Village, District. 5. D. Sunkanna, S/o Dasari Nadipi Linganna, Aged about 53 years. Agriculture, R/o A. Gokulapadu Village, Kalluru Mandal, Kurnool District. 6. D. Naganna, S/o D. Nadipi Linganna, Aged about 57 years. Agriculture, R/o A. Gokulapadu Village,' Kalluru Mandal, Kurnool District Kalluru Mandal, Kurnool ...Petitioners AND P.Koteswara Rao, S/o. Not known. Collector, Kurnool District, Kurnool. ...Respondent ■u Counsel for the Petitioners: SRI A SYAM SUNDAR REDDY Counsel for the Respondent: SRI T BALASWAMI The Court made the following Order: ■ 1 APHC010133102023 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) SMB [3327] FRIDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY CONTEMPT CASE NO: 1740/2023 Between: B.naganna and Others ...PETITIONER(S) AND P Koteswara Rao ...CONTEMNOR Counsel for the Petltioner(S): 1 .A SYAM SUNDAR REDDY Counsel for the Contemnor: 1.TBALASWAMI The Court made the following Order: 1. This Contempt Case is filed to punish the respondents for willful disobedience of the order, dated 18.04.2022 passed by this Court in W.P.No.2536 of 2015. 2. Originally, the Writ Petition No.2536 of 2015 is filed to declare the action of the respondent Nos.2 to 5 and their subordinates in trying to dispossess the petitioners from the land admeasuring Ac.6.00 i.e. Ac.1.00 each in Sy.No.185 situated at A.Gokulapadu Village, Kalluru Mandal of Kurnool District without issuing any notice and contrary to the proceedings dated 22.06.2010, 2 1 09.01.2012 and 07.08.2012 of the 31.05.2011 of the respondent No.2 of natural justice and consequently prayed to direct dispossess the petitioners from the respondent No.1 and proceedings dated as illegal, arbitrary and violative of principles the respondents not to subject land and further to direct the respondents to grant regular pattas in favour of the petitioners in view of the said reports. 3. After hearing, this Court, by order dated directing the petitioners therein to make 18.04.2022, passed an order a representation to the authorities a period of two (02) weeks concerned by ventilating their grievances, within from the date of receipt of the copy of the order and on making such representation, the authorities are directed to take action and pass appropriate orders on the said'representation, strictly in accordance with law, within of two (02) weeks, from the date of representation of the the petitioners herein made If a period petitioners. Thereafter, a representation, dated 13.05.2022, but information has been received by the petitioners herein. no Hence, they resorted to file the present Contempt Case against the respondents. 4. The respondents filed their counter affidavit stating that the submitted a representation dated 13.05.2022 to the District to assign permanent pattas for writ petitioners Collector, requesting one acre of land each in Sy.No.185 of examining their representations, were issued vide proceeding No. Rc.K.29/SWLA/2013 23.06.2022 rejecting the request of the petitioners for assignment of lands. A.Gokulapadu Village for livelihood. On detailed orders dated 3 - 5. It has been categorically stated that the said orders have been communicated to the writ petitioners through a registered post and the same were delivered to all the petitioners on 07.07.2022. Copies of the postal receipts, consignment reports have also been enclosed with the counter. 6. In that view of the matter, this Court comes to a conclusion that the respondents have complied with the orders dated 18.04.2022 passed by this Court in W.P.No.2536 of 2015. There is no wilful disobedience to the order passed by this Court. 7. Accordingly, the Contempt Case is closed. No order as to costs. Consequently, Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, pending in the Contempt Case shall stand closed. Sd/- K TATA RAO DEPUTY REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER To, 1. Sri P.Koteswara Rao, Collector, Kurnool District, Kurnool. 2. One CC to Sri. A Syam Sundar Reddy, Advocate [OPUC] 3. One CC to Sri. T Balaswami, Advocate [OPUC] 4. Two CD Copies vna / s' HIGH COURT DATED:11/07/2025 ORDER CC NO. 1740 OF 2023 5( 17 SEP 2025 )%) Ssctiwj^y ^<£seai£s5SS-^ CLOSING THE CONTEMPT CASE WITHOUT COSTS