APHC010009722023 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3207] FRIDAY,THE THIRTIETH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE BATTU DEVANAND CONTEMPT CASE NO: 193/2023 Between: 1. MAREDDY SUBBA REDDY, S/O. MAREDDY VENKAREDDY, AGED ABOUT 53 YEARS, R/ O. 1-44B, GURRAPADIA VILLAGE, KONDEPI MANDAL, PRAKASAM DISTRICT, A.P. ...PETITIONER AND 1. GOPAL KRISHNA DWIVEDI, PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, DEPARTMENT OF PANCHAYAT RAJ AND RURAL DEPARTMENT (R.D-II). 5TH BLOCK, GROUND FLOOR, ROOM NO.107, A.P SECRETARIAT OFFICE, VELAGAPUDI, GUNTUR DISTRICT. 2. SRI SHAMSHER SINGH RAWAT, PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, FINANCE DEPARTMENT, 2ND BLOCK, 1ST FLOOR, ROOM NO. 290, A.P SECRETARIAT OFFICE, VELAGAPUDI, GUNTUR DISTRICT. 3. SRI A S DINESH KUMAR, THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, PRAKASAM DISTRICT, ONGOLE. 2 DEV,J C.C.NO.193 OF 2023 4. SRI JYOTHI, PANCHAYAT SECRETARY, GURRAPPADIA PANCHAYAT,KONDEPI MANDAL. PRAKASAM DISTRICT, A.P. ...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 take cognizance of the contempt committed by the Contemnors/Respondents herein and punish them with maximum imprisonment under Section 10 to 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 r/w Article 215 of the Constitution of India for utter disobedience and disregard shown to the final Order passed by the Hon'ble A.P. High Court dated 08.12.2021passed W.P. No. 26273 of 2021 and pass IA NO: 1 OF 2023 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 grant leave to the petitoner to implead the proposed Respondent as Respondent No.5 in the main Contempt Petition and pass IA NO: 1 OF 2026 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 May be pleased to Dispense with of the personal Appearance of the respondent No.3 on the C.C.No. 193 of 2023 and pass Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. SRINIVASA RAO NARRA Counsel for the Contemnor(S): 1. ASHOK RAM V 3 DEV,J C.C.NO.193 OF 2023 2. KIRAN KUMAR VADLAMUDI 3. G VENKATA REDDY The Court made the following: 4 DEV,J C.C.NO.193 OF 2023 ORDER:- This Contempt Case is filed against the respondents complaining willful disobedience of the order, dated 08.12.2021 passed by this Court in W.P.No.26273 of 2021. 2. During the course of hearing of this Contempt case, learned counsel for the petitioner, on instructions, would submit that the order of this Court is complied with and he received the payments in the month of November, 2025. 3. When this Court asked the respondents’ counsel about the delay of four years in complying with the order of the Court. Learned counsel for respondent No.4, would submit that, in fact, in compliance of the order of the Court, the amounts were received by the Gurrapadia Gram Panchayat, Kondepi Mandal, Prakasam District in the year 2021 itself, but due to a mistake, the said amounts were paid to some other person and thereafter, rectifying the mistake, the amounts were paid to the correct person. During that period, in view of the fact that the Panchayat Secretary could not recover the amounts from the person to whom the amounts were wrongly paid, there was a delay in making payments to the petitioner. 5 DEV,J C.C.NO.193 OF 2023 4. In view of the submissions of the learned counsel for the 4th respondent, in our considered view, there is no contempt on the part of respondent Nos.1 to 3. 5. Accordingly, this contempt case is dismissed against respondent Nos.1 to 3. 6. Considering the reasons stated by the learned counsel for the 4th respondent, this Court intends to take a lenient view towards the 4th respondent for the delay caused in complying with the order of this Court, and accordingly, this Contempt case is closed against 4th respondent. There shall be no order as to costs. Miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, in this case shall stand closed. __________________________ JUSTICE BATTU DEVANAND 30.01.2026 LSP