APHC010219802025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3329] FRIDAY,THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA CONTEMPT CASE NO: 1246/2025 Between: 1. M/S DISTRIBUTARY COMMITTEE, INAVILLI, REP. BY ITS CHAIRMAN, BANDARU VEERA RAGHAVULU, S/O. VENKAT RAO, AGED 54 YEARS, R/O. D. NO.7-104, MARKET STREET , VADAPALEM, KOTHAPETA MANDAL. DR. B R AMBEDKAR KONASEEMA DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER AND 1. BONTHU SRINIVASA RAO, THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, GODAVARI CENTRAL DIVISION, AMALAPURAM, DR. B R AMBEDKAR KONASEEMA DISTRICT. 2. ANIL KUMAR SINGHAL, PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, FINANCE DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH, SECRETARIAT BUILDINGS, VELAGAPUDI, AMARAVATHI, GUNTUR DISTRICT. 3. R MAHESH KUMAR DISTRICT COLLECTOR, DR. B.R. AMBEDKAR KONASEEMA DISTRICT, AMALAPURAM. ...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 punish the respondent under Sec.10 and 12 of Contempt of Court Act for deliberate and willful violation of the orders dated 16-11-2023 passed in WP. No. 16801 of 2023 passed by this Honble Court and pass such Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. T V S PRABHAKARA RAO Counsel for the Contemnor(S): 1. RAMAKRISHNA PATIVADA The Court made the following: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA CONTEMPT CASE NO:1246 OF 2025 ORDER: This contempt case is filed against the respondents for willful disobedience of the orders dated 16.11.2023 passed by this Court in W.P.No.16801 of 2023. 2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the respondents. 3. When the matter is taken up for hearing, learned counsel for the respondents submits that the orders dated 16.11.2023 passed by this Court in W.P.No.16801 of 2023 are complied with and also issued proceedings dated 21.04.2026 to that effect. Therefore, no cause survives and no further orders are required to be passed in the contempt case. 4. On the other hand, learned counsel for the petitioner does not refute the submission made by the learned counsel for the respondents and requested this Court to close the present contempt case. 5. Recording the submissions made, the Contempt Case is closed. No order as to costs. Consequently, Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, pending in the contempt case shall stand closed. ________________________________ VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA, J 24.04.2026 BSP 80 THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA (closed) Contempt Case No.1246 of 2025 24.04.2026 BSP