APHC010024562025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY,THE SEVENTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAVI CHEEMALAPATI CONTEMPT CASE NO: 142/2025 Between: 1. AVULA CHINNA DEVI, W/O LATE PRASAD AGED 57 YEARS, R/O 13-44/1 MAIN ROAD, KOTTURU, TADEPALLI, VIJAYAWADA RURAL, NTR DISTRICT (BEFORE KRISHNA DIST.) 1. SRI POLA BHASKAR IAS, PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, VELAGAPUDI, AMARAVATI, GUNTUR DISTRICT. 2. SRI PEEYUSH KUMAR IAS, PRESENTLY WORKING AS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH, FINANCE AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, VELAGAPUDI, GUNTUR DISTRICT. 3. SRI BHIM SHANKAR, PRESENTLY WORKING AS MANAGING DIRECTOR, ECONOMICALLY BACKWARD CLASSES WELFARE DEPARTMENT, 2ND FLOOR, SRI VISHNU TOWERS, KRISHNAVENI SCHOOL ROAD, PORANKI, VIJAYAWADA, KRISHNA DISTRICT. 4. SRI D K BALAJI IAS, PRESENTLY WORKING AS COLLECTOR, EBC AND BC WELFARE WINGS, KRISHNA DISTRICT. IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY,THE SEVENTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAVI CHEEMALAPATI CONTEMPT CASE NO: 142/2025 AVULA CHINNA DEVI, W/O LATE PRASAD AGED 57 YEARS, R/O 44/1 MAIN ROAD, KOTTURU, TADEPALLI, VIJAYAWADA RURAL, NTR DISTRICT (BEFORE KRISHNA DIST.) ...PETITIONER AND SRI POLA BHASKAR IAS, PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH, BC WELFARE DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, VELAGAPUDI, AMARAVATI, GUNTUR DISTRICT. SRI PEEYUSH KUMAR IAS, PRESENTLY WORKING AS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH, FINANCE AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, VELAGAPUDI, SRI BHIM SHANKAR, PRESENTLY WORKING AS MANAGING DIRECTOR, ECONOMICALLY BACKWARD CLASSES WELFARE DEPARTMENT, 2ND FLOOR, SRI VISHNU TOWERS, KRISHNAVENI SCHOOL ROAD, PORANKI, VIJAYAWADA, KRISHNA DISTRICT. SRI D K BALAJI IAS, PRESENTLY WORKING AS COLLECTOR, EBC AND BC WELFARE WINGS, KRISHNA DISTRICT. ...CONTEMNOR(S): IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH [3332] THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAVI CHEEMALAPATI AVULA CHINNA DEVI, W/O LATE PRASAD AGED 57 YEARS, R/O 44/1 MAIN ROAD, KOTTURU, TADEPALLI, VIJAYAWADA RURAL, ...PETITIONER SRI POLA BHASKAR IAS, PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, STATE OF BC WELFARE DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, SRI PEEYUSH KUMAR IAS, PRESENTLY WORKING AS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH, FINANCE AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, VELAGAPUDI, SRI BHIM SHANKAR, PRESENTLY WORKING AS MANAGING DIRECTOR, ECONOMICALLY BACKWARD CLASSES WELFARE DEPARTMENT, 2ND FLOOR, SRI VISHNU TOWERS, KRISHNAVENI SCHOOL ROAD, PORANKI, VIJAYAWADA, KRISHNA DISTRICT. DISTRICT COLLECTOR, EBC AND BC WELFARE WINGS, KRISHNA DISTRICT. ...CONTEMNOR(S): RC,J C.C.No.142 of 2025 2 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 pleased to punish the respondents under Sections 10 to 12 of Contempt of Court Act, for their willful disobedience of the order of this Hon'ble Court dated 09.10.2023 in W.P. No. 22728 of 2023 and to pass IA NO: 1 OF 2025 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 dispense with the filing of Copy of Order dated 09.10.2023 in W.P. No. 22728 of 2023 passed by the Hon’ble High Court and to pass Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. SOMISETTY GANESH BABU Counsel for the Contemnor(S): 1. NAGARAJU PULLAGURA 2. 3. NIMMAGADDA VIJAYA SANTHI The Court made the following: ORDER This Contempt Case has been filed alleging disobedience of the order dated 09.10.2023 of this Court passed in Writ Petition vide W.P.No.22728 of 2023. RC,J C.C.No.142 of 2025 3 2. Through the said orders, the respondents are directed to release the sanctioned amount to the petitioner with a period of three (03) months from the date of receipt of copy of the order. 3. Ms.Nimmagadda Vijayasanthi, learned counsel for respondent no.3, on counter, submitted that the authorities paid the amount to the petitioner on 15.07.2025, however with delay. She further submitted that non- adherence to the time line stipulated in the order is that the bills uploaded were lapsed due to closure of financial year and hence they were returned and the said bills were again uploaded and thus there occurred delay, which is neither willful nor wanton. Accordingly, prayed to close the contempt case. 4. Sri Somisetty Ganesh Babu, learned counsel for petitioner, admitted receipt of the sanctioned amount as ordered by this Court in the writ petition however states that there was delay in payment and that too the amount was paid subsequent to filing of the Contempt Case. 5. As could be seen from the submissions made by learned counsel for the parties, the order passed by this Court has duly been complied with however with certain delay. The reason for the delay as was explained by respondent no.3 is found satisfactory and hence the same cannot be RC,J C.C.No.142 of 2025 4 considered to be an act of disobedience muchless willful as sought to be contended by the learned counsel for the petitioner. 6. In view of the above, accepting the unconditional apology tendered by respondent no.3, this contempt case can be closed. 7. Accordingly, this Contempt Case is closed. There shall be no order as to costs. Pending miscellaneous petitions, if any, shall stand closed. JUSTICE RAVI CHEEMALAPATI RR