KONDETI VENKATA RATHNAM v. MR PEEYUSH KUMAR IAS, PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO ROOM
Case at a glance
Provisions considered
- Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 ss. 10, 12
Judgment
Cause title
THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA CONTEMPT CASE NO: 3736/2025 Between:
1. KONDETI VENKATA RATHNAM, S/O. GOPALA RAO, AGED ABOUT 59 YEARS, OCC BUSINESS, R/O. FLAT NO.311, D.NO.74-18-7/4A, SRI KONERU RAMALINGAIAH 4TH ROAD, NEW RTC COLONY, RESIDENCY, VIJAYAWADA-7, NTR DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH. ...PETITIONER
AND
1. MR PEEYUSH KUMAR IAS, PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO ROOM A.P. AMARAVATHI, FINANCE AND PLANNING DEPARTMENT, NO.287, FIRST FLOOR, BUILDING NO.2, SECRETARIAT AT VELAGAPUDI, GUNTUR DISTRICT.
2. DR A MALLIKARJUNA IAS, DIRECTOR, B.C. WELFARE VISHAL RESIDENCY, 2ND FLOOR, DEPARTMENT, TADIGADAPA, VIJAYAWADA, ANDHRA PRADESH - 521 134. ...CONTEMNOR(S): 2 NV,J C.C.NO.3736 OF 2025
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 summon and punish deliberately and intentionally violating the Final Order dated 04.12.2024 passed by this Hon'ble Court in W.P.No.l455 of 2024, under the provisions of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 the Contemnor/Respondent Nos.l and 2 Counsel for the Petitioner:
1. MASALEGAR HIDAYATHULLA Counsel for the Contemnor(S):
1. U KANAKA RAJU The Court made the following: 3 NV,J C.C.NO.3736 OF 2025
THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA CONTEMPT CASE NO: 3665/2024
ORDER:
This contempt case is filed against the respondents for willful disobedience of the orders dated 04.12.2024 passed by this Court in W.P.No.1455 of 2024.
When the matter is taken up for hearing, learned counsel for the respondents submits that the respondents have complied with the orders dated 04.12.2024 passed by this Court in W.P.No.1455 of 2024 and to that effect written instructions are also furnished. Hence, no further orders are required to be passed in the contempt case.
Learned counsel for the petitioner does not refute the same.
Recording the said submission, the Contempt Case is closed. No order as to costs. Consequently, Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, pending in the contempt case shall stand closed. ________________________________ VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA, J
31.03.2026 LLSSPP 4 NV,J C.C.NO.3736 OF 2025 337 HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA (closed) CONTEMPT CASE NO: 3736/2025
31.03.2026 LLSSPP 5 NV,J C.C.NO.3736 OF 2025
Questions this judgment answers
Which statutory provisions did this judgment involve?
Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 — ss. 10, 12.
Which court decided this case, and when?
Andhra Pradesh High Court, on 31 Mar 2026. The bench was VENKATESWARLU, VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA.
Precedent status how later indexed judgments have treated this case
No known negative treatment found in the Courts & Cases corpus.
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