Date of reserved for orders :-- Date of pronouncement :10.07.2026 Date of uploading : 11.07.2026 APHC010063172023 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) [3207] FRIDAY, THE 10th DAY OF JULY 2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE BATTU DEVANAND CONTEMPT CASE NO: 1008/2023 Between: 1. KAMIREDDI PARAMATAYYA, S/OKANNAYYA, AGED ABOUT 73 YEARS, OCC. COOLIE R/O. BHEEMABOINAPALEM, MAKAVARAPALEM MANDAL, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT. PRESENT ANAKAPALLE DIST. ...PETITIONER AND 1. GOPALA KRISHNA DWIVEDI I A S, PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF PANCHAYAT RAJ AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT (RD-1) SECRETARIAT, VELAGAPUDI, GUNTUR DISTRICT. 2. SRI RAVI SUBASH IAS, THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT. PRESENT ANAKAPALLE DIST. 3. SRI MD IMTIAZ, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, THE SOCIETY FOR ELIMINATION OF RURAL POVERTY, N.T.R. BHAVAN, VIJAYAWADA, KRISHNA DISTRICT. 4. SRI ARUNA SRI, THE MANDAL PARISHAD DEVELOPMENT OFFICER, MAKAVARAPALEM MANDAL, ANAKAPALLI DISTRICT. 5. SRI LOVA KUMARI, PANCHAYAT SECRETARY, THE BHEEMABOINAPALEM GRAMA PANCHAYAT, MAKAVARAPALEMMANDAL, ANAKAPALLI 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 punish the respondents under Sections10 to 12 of Contempt of Court Act, for their wilful disobedience of the order of this Hon'ble Court dated 30.09.2022 in W.P. No.32636 of 2022 and to 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 to dispense with my personal appearance on 10-05-2023 in CC 1008/2023 vide order dated 16-02-2023 Counsel for the Petitioner: 1. SAILAJA DEVI K Counsel for the Contemnor(S): 1. HARISH KUMAR RASINENI SC FOR SERP 2. KIRAN KUMAR VADLAMUDI 3. N SRIHARI (Standing Counsel for ZPP MPP and GRAM PANCHAYAT) The Court made the following: THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE BATTU DEVANAND Contempt Case No.1008 of 2023 ORDER: This contempt case is filed complaining the wilful disobedience of the order, dated 30.09.2022 in W.P.No.32636 of 2022. 2. The learned counsel for the petitioner represents that the petitioner is getting pension with effect from 01.05.2026 3. Sri N. Srihari, learned Standing Counsel for ZPP, MPP and Gram Panchayat appearing for the respondents submits that in compliance of the order of the Court, the respondents paid pension to the petitioner from the date of stopping the pension till the date of order in the writ petition. 4. Considering the above factual position, in my considered view, no further adjudication is required in this contempt case. 5. Accordingly, the contempt case is closed. 6. No order as to costs. 7. It is open to the petitioner to seek redressal of the grievance, if the payment of pension is stopped illegally in future. Consequently, Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, pending in the case shall stand closed. ____________________________ JUSTICE BATTU DEVANAND Date: 10.07.2026 PGR Whether the order is : Speaking Yes/No / Reasoned Yes/No Reportable Yes/No / Non-Reportable Yes/No THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE BATTU DEVANAND C.C.No.1008 of 2023 Date: 10.07.2026 PGR