APHC010235732026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE 7th DAY OF AUGUST 2026 PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE V.SUJATHA CONTEMPT CASE NO: 1810 OF 2026 Between: 1. G SRIDHAR GOPALA KRISHNA, S/o. G. Rama Mohan Rao Aged about 46 years, Engineer AND Class I Contractor, R/o. D.N0.59A-21-7/1A, Flat No.203, Venkat Meadows, R.R. Gardens, Patamata, Vijayawada - 520 007, Krishna District. ...Petitioner AND 1. SRI G SAI PRASAD, Principal secretary. Water resources department. Secretariat buildings, Velagapudi, guntur district. 522238 2. Sri Pyueesh kumar, principal secretary. Finance and planning department. Secretariat buildings, Velagapudi, Guntur district. 522237 3. Sri Bade Saheb, The pay and accounts officer. Works and accounts, Guntur district. 522004 4. Sri Anusari, The district collector and district magistrate, Guntur district. 522004 5. Sri P Venkat Ratnam, The superintending engineer, irrigation circle (major irrigation), water resources department, Guntur district. 522004 6. Sri K Ramesh, The Executive Engineer, Irrigation Division, Guntur Guntur District 522001 2 VS,J C.C.No.1810 of 2026 ...Respondents 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 the Respondents/Contemnors herein and to punish them under Sections 10 to 12 of Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 for their wilful disobedience of the order passed by this Hon'ble Court in W.P. No. 16607 of 2024, dated 09.12.2025 and pass Counsel for the Petitioner: VENKAT CHALASANI Counsel for the Respondents: NAGARAJU PULLAGURA Counsel for the Respondents:SOMA RAJU YELISETTI The Court made the following 3 VS,J C.C.No.1810 of 2026 ORDER: This contempt case is filed against the respondents for willful disobedience of the orders passed by this Court in W.P.No.16607 of 2024, dated 09.12.2025. The operative portion of the said order is extracted hereunder: “…..this Writ Petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to release the amount to the petitioner in accordance with the two quality control certificates i.e., dated 23.05.2025 for a sum of Rs.8,10,563/-and 2. for a sum of Rs.7,91,047/- issued by the respondents, within a period of three (3) months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order….” 2. Today when the matter came up for hearing, learned counsel appearing for the respondents/contemnors furnished a copy of Letter No.FIN01- FMU0MISC/350/2022(1778130), dated 07.08.2026, issued by the 2nd respondent, wherein it is stated that the Finance Department has received the following bills in respect of the present contempt case and the same have been cleared. The details are as follows: Bill No. Net amount (Rs.) Payment Status 2026-7840595 8,82,110/- /XUTR/RBISH00732536053, dated 17.07.2026 2026-7838708 9,03,870/- /XUTR/RBISH00732536056, dated 17.07.2026 3. Therefore, learned counsel for the respondents/contemnors requested this Court to close the contempt case. 4 VS,J C.C.No.1810 of 2026 4. Recording the above submissions and, in view of the fact that the order passed by this Court has been complied with by the respondents, the Contempt Case is closed. There shall be no order as to costs. Miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, in this case shall stand closed. ___________________ JUSTICE V.SUJATHA Date: 07.08.2026 KGR