APHC010516992025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3460] MONDAY,THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE NYAPATHY VIJAY CONTEMPT CASE NO: 3203/2025 Between: Seelam Atma Rao ...PETITIONER AND Pulli Srinivasulu ...CONTEMNOR Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. BHASKAR PREM KOUSHIK Counsel for the Contemnor: 1. A S C BOSE (SC FOR MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS AP) The Court made the following: 2 THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NYAPATHY VIJAY Contempt Case No.3203 of 2025 O R DE R: The present Contempt Case is filed questioning the non compliance of the Orders passed by this Court in W.P.No.2946 of 2024, dated 09.05.2025. The Writ Petition was filed questioning the action of the Respondent No.2 in not removing the illegal land encroachments of the road by the Respondent Nos. 3 to 8. 2. This Court, after considering the submissions of both the counsel, passed the following Order: “ Therefore, the Writ Petition is disposed of with the following directions: i) The Commissioner, Guntur Municipal Corporation shall call for a report regarding the width of the street in question within a period of two (2) weeks from the date of receipt of the web copy of this order; ii) Upon such report, the Commissioner, Guntur Municipal Corporation shall issue show cause notice to the Respondent Nos.8 to 13 as they alone are opposing the works in the street on the premise that the street is a private street within a period of two (2) weeks from the date of receipt of report referred in (i) above; (iii) Consequent to the explanation of Respondent Nos.8 to 13, the Commissioner, Guntur Municipal Corporation shall pass orders thereon within a further period of four (4) weeks and accordingly take further action”. 3 3. As the directions given by this Court were not complied, the present Contempt Case is filed. 4. In the Compliance Report filed on behalf of the Respondents, it is stated that basing on the Town Surveyor Report, dated 21.02.2026, the encroachments were removed with the assistance of the Police Officials on 06.04.2026. The paragraph No.5 of the Compliance Report is as follows: “ I submit that basing upon the Town Surveyor Report, dated 21.02.2026, which confirmed the remaining encroachments on the western side i.e., on the side of the unofficial respondents in the Writ Petition, further action has been taken with the assistance of Police Officials on 06.04.2026 and all the encroachments on the road have been removed completely”. 5. In that view, the Contempt Case is closed. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel, the miscellaneous petitions, if any, pending in this case shall stand closed. __________________ NYAPATHY VIJAY, J Date: 27.04.2026 eha 4 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE NYAPATHY VIJAY C.C.No.3203/2025 Dt. 27.04.2026 eha