APHC010339082025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3209] WEDNESDAY,THE ELEVENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE NINALA JAYASURYA CONTEMPT CASE NO: 1690/2025 Between: 1. PULIBANDIA VENKATESWARLU,, S/O KRISHNAIAH, AGED 63 YEARS, OCC RETIRED JUNIOR ASSISTANT, R/O. DURGI POST AND MANDAL, OPP Z.P.HIGH SCHOOL, MAIN ROAD, PALNADU DISTRICT ...PETITIONER AND 1. SRI SASHIBUSHAN KUMAR IAS, THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, PANCHAYAT RAJ AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT STATE OF A.P.,SECRETARIAT, VELAGAPUDI, GUNTUR DISTRICT. 2. SRI PEEYUSH KUMAR IAS, THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, FINANCE AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT STATE OF A.P.,SECRETARIAT, VELAGAPUDI, GUNTUR DISTRICT. 3. SRI M KRISHNA TEJA IAS, THE COMMISSIONER OF PANCHAYAT RAJ AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, STATE OF A.P. TADEPALLI, GUNTUR DISTRICT. 4. SRI B V NAGA SAI KUMAR, THE DISTRICT PANCHAYAT OFFICER, GUNTUR DISTICT, GUNUTUR Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. M R TAGORE Counsel for the Contemnor(S): 1. G RAJU NJS,J C.C No.1690 of 2025 2 The Court made the following Order: Heard learned counsel for the petitioner. Also heard Mr. G Raju, learned counsel representing the respondents. 2. Pursuant to the orders dated 07.01.2026, the respondent Nos.3 and 4 appeared before the Court. An application vide I.A No.1 of 2026 is filed seeking to dispense with physical appearance of the respondent No.1. However, no application is filed seeking to dispense with the physical appearance of the respondent No.2, which cannot be appreciated. Unless the Court grants exemption or leave, the appearance of the contemnor cannot be dispensed with, though the order is complied with. Be that as it may. 3. As it is submitted by Mr. G Raju, learned counsel representing the respondents, that the orders in the writ petition are complied with and the same is not denied by the learned counsel for the petitioner, this Court is not inclined to examine the matter further. 4. Accordingly, this Contempt Case is closed. No costs. Miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, including I.A No.1 of 2026, shall stand closed. __________________________ JUSTICE NINALA JAYASURYA Date:11.02.2026 Ksj