1 APHC010174232024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3333] WEDNESDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE V.SUJATHA CONTEMPT CASE NO: 2096/2024 Between: Sri Raghavendra Aided High School, and another ...PETITIONER(S) AND Praveen Prakash and others ...CONTEMNOR(S) Counsel for the Petitioner(S): 1. DEVI PRASAD MANGALAPURI Counsel for the Contemnor(S): 1. NAGARAJU PULLAGURA 2. B SAI PRIYA 3. L V S NAGARAJU The Court made the following: 2 ORDER: This Contempt Case is filed for deliberate, willful and wanton disobedience of the orders passed by this Court in W.P.No.282 of 2024 on 05.01.2024. 2. The W.P.No.282 of 2024 is disposed of in terms of the order passed in W.P.No.3449 of 2003 and batch dated 30.09.2016, wherein this Court in W.P.No.3449 of 2003 observed as under: “….In any view of the matter, the contention of the learned Government Pleader is that the petitioner is not entitled to maintenance grant in view of G.O.Ms.No.320, which was struck down by the Court in the judgments referred supra. Even otherwise the discriminatory attitude of the Government giving concession to one education institution and denying benefit to the petitioner’s educational institution cannot be encouraged by the Courts, since it is arbitrary and discriminatory in not releasing grant in aid to the petitioner’s association whose object is to provide free education. In those circumstances, this Court has no option except to hold that the action of the respondents is arbitrary in not releasing the maintenance grant in aid to the petitioner’s educational institution and consequently, I hold that the petitioner is entitled to all the benefits as decided in Recognized Schools Managements Associations case. Hence, the respondents are directed to work out maintenance grant @ 6% and arrange to pay the same within a period of three months from the date of receipt of copy of this order to the petitioner’s educational institution, on part with other schools .” 3. Today when the matter is taken up for hearing, learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submitted that the order dated 05.01.2024 passed by this Court in W.P.No.282 2024, has been complied with by the respondents. Therefore, prays to close the contempt case. 3 4. Recording the above submission, the Contempt Case is closed. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel, miscellaneous applications, pending, if any, shall also stand closed. __________________ JUSTICE V.SUJATHA Date: 05.02.2025 KGR