1 APHC010500412024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3333] MONDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE V.SUJATHA CONTEMPT CASE NO: 4291/2024 Between: T M Rao High School ...PETITIONER AND Kona Sasidhar Ias and Others ...CONTEMNOR(S) Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. DEVI PRASAD MANGALAPURI Counsel for the Contemnor(S): 1. 2. RAMA CHANDRA RAO GURRAM 3. . The Court made the following: 2 ORDER: This Contempt Case is filed for willful violation of the orders passed by this Court in W.P.No.606 of 2024 on 09.01.2024, operative portion of which, reads as under:- “5. The relevant portion of the order, dated 05.01.2023 in W.P.No.30927 of 2022 and batch reads as follows: i) The respondent-authorities are hereby directed to permit the petitioners’ institutions to fill up all the Aided vacancies in terms of G.O.Ms.No.1, Education, dated 01.01.1994 and also as per the Schedule prescribed under Sections 19 & 25 of the Act, 2009; ii) In future also, whenever vacancies arise, the institutions have to make applications to the Competent authorities for filling up the vacancies; iii) On such applications, the Competent authorities shall inform the institution about the availability of qualified surplus staff, within a period of (04) weeks from the date of application and allot said surplus staff on permanent basis; iv) If surplus staff are not available, the Competent authority shall inform the same and permit the petitioners’-institutions to fill up the vacancies in accordance with the above said Rule, preferably within a period of two (02) months; v) So far as minority institutions are concerned, the above procedure is not applicable insofar as allotment of surplus staff are concerned, in view of the Judgments of Division Bench of this Court rendered in Modern High School Zamisthanpur v. Government of Andhra Pradesh and others and Ester Axene Res. High School and Others v. State of Andhra Pradesh and Others vi) The entire exercise shall be completed by the respondent- authorities within a period of three (03) months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. 6. Having regard to the facts and circumstances, this Writ Petition is disposed of, in terms of the common order passed in 3 W.P.No.30297 of 2022 and batch, dated 05.01.2023. No order as to costs.” 2. Today when the matter is taken up for hearing, learned counsel representing the respondents have placed on record the proceedings of the Government dated 06.02.2025. As per which, in pursuance of the orders passed by this Court, permission was accorded to fill up the vacant aided teaching posts in respect of the petitioner’s institution. Thereafter on 07.02.2025, the Government has addressed a letter to the Director, Coordination as well as to the District Educational Officer, informing the same and on the same day i.e., 07.02.2025, the Regional Joint Director of School Education, Guntur has issued proceedings requesting the District Educational Officer, Erstwhile Guntur to take necessary action immediately as ordered by the Government, Director of School Education, AP, Amaravathi vide Memo No.ESE01/2/2025-PS, dated 06.02.2025 as well as on 07.02.2025. 3. As the Government has already accorded permission to fill up the vacant aided teaching posts in pursuance of the orders passed by this Court in W.P.No.606 of 2024 and thereafter the Regional Joint Director of School Education, Guntur has also informed the same to the petitioner institution, this Court is of the opinion that the orders passed by this Court has already been complied with. 4. In view of the same, the Contempt Case is closed. There shall be no order as to costs. 4 As a sequel, miscellaneous applications, pending, if any, shall also stand closed. __________________ JUSTICE V.SUJATHA Date: 10.02.2025 JLV