APHC010124522019 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3256] MONDAY,THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE BATTU DEVANAND THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE KIRANMAYEE MANDAVA CONTEMPT CASE NO: 268/2019 Between: 1. SMT. G V SANGEETHALAKSHMI, W/O R.DIVAKAR MURTHY, AGED 50 YEARS. 2. SMT.A.BHAGYALAKSHMI, W/O RAVIKUMAR (LATE), AGED 51 YEARS. 3. SMT.P.PRASANNA, W/O G.A.REDDY, AGED 48 YEARS. 4. SMT.V.VIJAYA KUMARI, D/O MOSHE KALARATNAM, AGED 56 YEARS. 5. SMT.K.RATNAVATHI, W/O KRUPANANDAM, AGED 56 YEARS. 6. SMT.U.ANNAMMA, D/O RAJA RAO, AGED 59 YEARS. 7. SMT.P.DEEVENAMMA, D/O LAXMANA RAO, AGED 51 YEARS. 8. SMT.M.ARUNA SUNEETHA, W/O K.SREENIVASA RAO (LATE), AGED 53 YEARS. 9. SMT.V.BABY RANI, W/O SURESH, AGED 49 YEARS. 10. SMT.B.PADMAVATHI, W/O NAGARAJU, AGED 56 YEARS. 11. SMT.K.RAMANAMMA, D/O KRISHNA, AGED 54 YEARS. 12. SMT.M.SATYAVANI, D/O RAMA RAO, AGED 58 YEARS. 13. SMT.V.CHITTAMMA, W/O KRUPARATNAM, AGED 54 YEARS. (ALL ARE WORKING AS TIME SCALE EMPLOYEES IN GREATER 2 VISAKHAPATNAM MUNICIPAL CORPORATION (GVMC),VISAKHAPATNAM) ...PETITIONER(S) AND 1. SHRI R KARIKAL VALAVEN, PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, MA AND UD DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH, SECRETARIAT BUILDINGS, VELAGAPUDI, AMARAVATHI, GUNTUR DISTRICT. 2. SHRI MUDDADA RAVICHANDRA IAS, PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, FINANCE AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH, SECRETARIAT BUILDINGS, VELAGAPUDI, AMARAVATHI, GUNTUR 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 summon the respondents and punish them for will full disobedience of the orders passed by this Hon'ble Court in WP No.1956/2018 dt. 24.1.2018 passed by Hon'ble Sri Justice Suresh Kumar Kait and Hon'ble Sri Justice Abhinand Kumar Shavili and pass Counsel for the Petitioner(S): 1. P RAGHAVENDRA REDDY Counsel for the Contemnor(S): 1. C SUMON 2. . The Court made the following: 3 THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE BATTU DEVANAND & THE HON’BLE SMT JUSTICE KIRANMAYEE MANDAVA CONTEMPT CASE No.268 of 2019 ORDER:(Per Hon’ble Sri Justice Battu Devanand) This Contempt Case has been filed complaining the willful disobedience of the respondents in implementing the order dated 24.01.2018 in W.P.No.1956 of 2018 passed by the Division Bench of this Court. 2. While allowing the said Writ Petition, this Court directed the respondent No.1 therein to decide the petitioners’ representation in the light of the order passed by this Court in W.P.No.24377 of 2007 which was confirmed in W.A.No.782 of 2010 and as per the order dated 19.09.2017 passed in W.P.No.27217 of 2017 within a period of two (02) months from the date of receipt of representation and to communicate the decision to the petitioners in writing, within one week thereafter. 3. During the course of hearing, learned counsel for the petitioners would submit that in compliance of the said order, the respondent No.1 therein has rejected the claim of the petitioners and the said decision was challenged again in W.P.No.30585 of 2025 and as such, nothing survives in the present Contempt Case. 4. Mr. C.Sumon, learned counsel appearing for the respondent No.1 also endorsed the same. 4 5. In view of the above factual position, in our considered view, no further adjudication is required in the present Contempt Case. 6. Accordingly, the Contempt Case is closed. 7. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. __________________________ JUSTICE BATTU DEVANAND _______________________________ JUSTICE KIRANMAYEE MANDAVA Date: 16.02.2026 SCS/PBS 5 165 THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE BATTU DEVANAND & THE HON’BLE SMT JUSTICE KIRANMAYEE MANDAVA CONTEMPT CASE No.268 of 2019 Dt.16.02.2026 SCS/PBS