APHC010716752025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3331] THURSDAY,THE EIGHTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE SUBBA REDDY SATTI CONTEMPT CASE NO: 4/2026 Between: 1. G. MADHUSUDAN RAO,, S/O LATE SUBRAMANYAM, AGED ABOUT 39 YEARS, OCC - ATTENDER (UNDER TERMINATION), R/O. D. NO. 4/2/77, RAMACHANDRAPURAM, NEAR HIMALAYA STREET NAWABPETA, SPSR NELLORE DISTRICT. ...PETITIONER AND 1. SRI P MALLIKARJUNA REDDY, Executive Officer of Sri Malleswara Swamyvari Temple Nawabpeta, SPSR Nellore District ...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 pleased to punish the respondent under Sections 10 to 12 of The Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 for wilful violation, flouting and disobeying the orders of this Honble Court in WP 28201/2024 dated 03.12.2024 and pass Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. D V SASIDHAR Counsel for the Contemnor: 1. 2 The Court made the following order: Heard Sri Nikhil Kashyap, learned counsel representing Sri D.V.Sasidhar, learned counsel for the petitioner. 2. The above contempt case was filed complaining about the violation of the interim order dated 03.12.2024 in W.P.No.28201 of 2024. 3. The petitioner filed the aforementioned writ petition impugning the proceedings vide Rc.No.A3/ENDW-NABCOGEN/58/2024 dated 14.11.2024 issued by the 5th respondent. The said proceedings were suspended by an interim order dated 03.12.2024 and the writ petition is still pending consideration. 4. Sri Nikhil Kashyap, learned counsel representing Sri D.V.Sasidhar, learned counsel for the petitioner, would submit that in pursuance of the interim order, the petitioner was taken back into service and was paid salary till February, 2025. Thereafter, the salary was not paid to the petitioner. 5. Thus, as seen from the material available on record and the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the respondents have complied with the interim order dated 03.12.2024 in W.P.No.28201 of 2024. If the respondent authority fails to pay or release the salary to the petitioner, since the writ petition is pending, the petitioner, according to this court, ought to have filed an interlocutory application in the writ petition seeking appropriate relief. 6. This Court is of the considered opinion that the interim order dated 03.12.2024 in W.P.No.28201 of 2024 has not been violated. 7. Accordingly, the contempt case is dismissed. However, this order will not preclude the petitioner from filing an appropriate application seeking appropriate relief in the pending writ petition. No costs. 3 As a sequel, pending miscellaneous petitions, if any, shall stand closed. ____________________________ JUSTICE SUBBA REDDY SATTI Date: 08.01.2026 SNI 4 261 THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE SUBBA REDDY SATTI CONTEMPT CASE NO: 4/2026 Date: 08.01.2026 SNI