APHC010006862013 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3329] TUESDAY,THE THIRTY FIRST DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA CONTEMPT CASE NO: 816/2013 Between: 1. RAJA VENKATA MAHIPATHI RAMA RATNA RAO,, S/O. LATE RAJA RAO VENKATA KUMARA MAHIPATHI SURYA RAO BAHADUR, AGED ABOUT 56 YEARS, MAHARAJAH OF PITHAPURAM, R/O. RAJAH'S PALACE, PITHAPURAM TOWN & MANDAL, EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER AND 1. G BALARAMAIAH, THE COMMISSIONER OF ENDOWMENTS, GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH, BOGGULAKUNTA, HYDERABAD 2. CHENDU HANUMANTHA RAO, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, ENDOWMENTS DEPARTMENT, KAKINADA, EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT. 3. SOMASEKHAR, REGIONAL JOINT COMMISSIONER, ENDOWMENTS DEPARTMENT, MULTI ZONE-I, KAKINADA, EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT. ...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 be pleased to pleased to issue contempt proceedings against the respondents herein and punish him for his willful disobedience to the order 2 passed by this Hon'ble Court in W.P.M.P. No.2691 of 2009 in W.P.No.2123 of 2009, dated 06.02.2009 and pass Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. PARAVASTU KRISHNA Counsel for the Contemnor(S): 1. GP FOR ENDOWMENTS The Court made the following: 3 THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA CONTEMPT CASE NO: 816/2013 ORDER: None appeared for the petitioner. 2. The case of the petitioner herein is that this Court passed an interim order on 06.02.2009 in W.P.No.2123 of 2009 directing the respondents therein for consideration of the candidature of the petitioner to appoint as founder family member as per the provisions of the Endowments Act, 1987. The respondents did not comply with the interim order of this Court. Hence, the Contempt Case. 3. Pending the contempt case, on 13.11.2018, this Court disposed of the Writ Petition holding that the right of the petitioner to be appointed as founder family member should be resolved under Section 87 of the Endowments Act and directed the petitioner to approach the endowments tribunal for appropriate relief. 4. In view of the disposal of the Writ Petition directing the petitioner to approach the Endowments Tribunal, the contempt case cannot be enforced. Accordingly, 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 31.03.2026 TTPPSS 4 191 HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA CONTEMPT CASE NO: 816/2013 31.03.2026 TTPPSS