APHC010111792025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3516] FRIDAY,THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B KRISHNA MOHAN THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE NYAPATHY VIJAY CONTEMPT CASE NO: 1265/2025 Between: 1. SMT VENDA DHANALAKSHMI, AGED ABOUT 60 YEARS,W/O LATE VENDA NAGESWARA RAO RETD . CTI GROUP C EMPLOYEE OCC - HOUSE WIFE/ FAMILY PENSIONER , RESIDING AT DOOR NO. 37- 12-64/2 , NGGOS COLONY ,PLOT NO. 115 , NEAR MURALI NAGAR ,INDUSTRIAL ESTATE POST, VISAKHAPATNAM - 530 007.ANDHRA PRADESH STATE ...PETITIONER AND 1. SHRI SATIS KUMAR, Chairman /Director Railway Board Rail Bhavan, New Delhi. ...CONTEMNOR 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 to punish the respondents herein under Sections 10 to 12 of Contempt Court Act, 1971 for willful and disobedience of the orders passed by Honble Sri HONBLE SRI JUSTICE G.NARENDAR AND HONBLE SRI JUSTICE NYAPATHY VIJAY WRIT PETITION N0.1658 of 2024 in the interest of justice and to pass Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. P LAKSHMANA RAO 2 HBKM,J & HVN,J C.C.No.1265 of 2025 Counsel for the Contemnor: 1. 3 HBKM,J & HVN,J C.C.No.1265 of 2025 The Court made the following: ORDER: (Per Hon’ble Sri Justice B. Krishna Mohan) Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner. 2. This contempt case is filed against the order passed in W.P.No.1658 of 2024 dated 24.01.2024, wherein, the petitioner withdrawn the writ petition with a liberty to approach the competent authority i.e., the Controlling Authority under the provisions of the Section 7 of the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972. 3. Accordingly, the said writ petition was disposed of, giving such liberty to the petitioner to approach the Competent Authority by way of an application under the said Act and in the event an application is being made within two (02) weeks from the date of receipt of the said order, the application shall be entertained by the Controlling Authority without referring to the aspect of limitation. That was the observation made in the order of the Division Bench of this Court dated 24.01.2024. 4. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that accordingly the petitioner made application under Section 7 of the said Act before the competent authority and the same is pending. 5. At best it may create another cause of action to assail the inaction of the said respondent authority/the competent authority for non-disposal of the application, if any, pending before the said authority, which was made by the petitioner in pursuance of the orders of this Court in the above said writ petition. But surely, no cause of action arises in filing this contempt case. 4 HBKM,J & HVN,J C.C.No.1265 of 2025 6. Accordingly, the Contempt Case is dismissed. Interim order if any deemed to have been vacated. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel, Interlocutory Applications pending, if any, shall stand closed. __________________________ JUSTICE B. KRISHNA MOHAN ________________________ JUSTICE NYAPATHY VIJAY 14.11.2025 PGT