APHC010591542024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3329] TUESDAY,THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA CONTEMPT CASE NO: 4805/2024 Between: 1. RAKOTI RAJESWARA RAO, S/O. LATE PENTAIAH, AGED ABOUT 58 YEARS, OCC DEPUTY EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, SMI SUB DIVISION, CHODAVARAM, ANAKAPALII DISTRICT (ERSTWHILE VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT), ANDHRA PRADESH. ...PETITIONER AND 1. SRI G SAI PRASAD, S/O. NOT KNOWN. AGE NOT KNOWN. PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT / SPECIAL CHIEF SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, VELAGAPUDI, GUNTUR DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH - 522503. 2. SRI T V N A R KUMAR, S/O. NOT KNOWN. AGE NOT KNOWN. ENGINEER - IN - CHIEF, WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, GOVERNORPET, BESIDE DISTRICT COLLECTRATE, VIJAYAWADA, KRISHNA DISTRICT - 520002. ...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 2 be pleased to pleased to Punish the Respondents No. 1 and 2 for their willful, deliberate and disobedience of the orders of the Hon'ble Fligh Court passed in I.A. No. 1 of 2023 in W.P. No. 24898 of 2023 dated 27.09.2023 punish under Sections 10 to 12 of Contempt of Courts Act and pass IA NO: 1 OF 2024 Petition under Section 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased pleased to direct the respondent to consider the case of the petitioner for promotion as Executive Engineer on Adhoc basis or supernumerary Executive Engineer by suspending the speaking order passed by the 2 respondent/contemnor vide Memo. No. RC/ENC/B2/24898/2023 dated 09.10.2023 and pass Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. K SATYANARAYANA MURTHY Counsel for the Contemnor(S): 1. RAMALINGESWARA RAO KOCHARLA KOTA The Court made the following: 3 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA CONTEMPT CASE NO: 4805/2024 ORDER: This Contempt Case is filed against the respondents for willful disobedience of the order dated 27.09.2023 passed by this Court in W.P.No.24898 of 2023. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned counsel for the respondents. When the matter is taken up for hearing, learned counsel for the respondents submits that the order of this Court in W.P.No.24898 of 2023, dated 27.09.2023 has been complied with by the respondents and further he has furnished a copy of the letter issued by the 2nd respondent vide Letter No.RC/ENC/B2/E-10141209/6/2025, dated 26.06.2025, wherein, the relevant portion is extracted hereunder: “4. It is humbly submitted that in obedience to the Hon’ble High Court of Andhra Pradesh orders dated 27.09.2023 in W.P.No.24898/2023 Sri.R.Rajeswara Rao, Deputy Executive Engineer has been placed on full additional charge to the post of Executive Engineer SMI Division, Paderu of Irrigation Circle, Visakhapatnam vide Government Memo dated 17.04.2025 due to seniority disputes pending before this Hon’ble Court vide orders dated 17.06.2020 in WP No. 9993 of 2020 and batch and 4 Transfer Petition No. 83-85 of 2021 pending before the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India.” Recording the same, 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 22.07.2025 SSCCHH 5 155 THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA Contempt Case No.4805 of 2024 22.07.2025 SSCCHH