Kakarlapudi Srinivasa Raju, Vs Sri. Sashi Bhushan… — Contempt of Court | Andhra Pradesh HC (2025)

Kakarlapudi Srinivasa Raju, Vs Sri. Sashi Bhushan… — Contempt of Court | Andhra Pradesh HC (2025)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Contempt case closed as nothing survived upon reported compliance of the order under contempt; interim order(s), if any, deemed vacated; no order as to costs; miscellaneous petitions, if any, to stand closed.

Issue for consideration

Whether the respondents/contemnors willfully disobeyed the orders dated 07.08.2024 in WP No. 13892 of 2024 passed by the Hon'ble Court, warranting punishment under Sections 10 to 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971.

Court's answer

Since the order under contempt has been complied with (payment made on 04.09.2025 pursuant to the 2nd respondent's instructions dated 04.09.2025), nothing survives in this contempt case; accordingly the Court closed the contempt case, deemed interim orders, if any, vacated, and made no order as to costs.

Ratio / Principle

As a sequel to the closure of the contempt case, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Contempt Case No. 1602/2025 (APHC010297462025), High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati (Special Original Jurisdiction), decided 04.09.2025 by Justice B Krishna Mohan. Petition under Sections 10 to 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act 1971 by Kakarlapudi Srinivasa Raju, contractor (Ongole, Prakasam District), seeking punishment of six officials — Principal Secretaries Sashi Bhushan Kumar (PR&RD/RWS-I) and Peeyush Kumar (Finance), District Collector A Thameem Ansariya, Executive Engineer Y Koteswara Rao, Deputy Executive Engineer J Ravi Kumar, and Project Officer P Srinivas Prasad — for alleged willful disobedience of the orders dated 07.08.2024 in WP No. 13892 of 2024. At the hearing, learned counsel for the respondents submitted that the order under contempt stood complied with, payment having been made on 04.09.2025 per the instructions of the 2nd respondent dated 04.09.2025. Holding that nothing survived, the Court closed the contempt case, deemed interim orders, if any, vacated, made no order as to costs, and directed that miscellaneous petitions, if any, stand closed.

APHC010297462025

IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI

(Special Original Jurisdiction)

[3233]

THURSDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE

PRESENT

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE B KRISHNA MOHAN

CONTEMPT CASE NO: 1602/2025

Between:

KAKARLAPUDI SRINIVASA RAJU,, S/O. VENKATESWARA RAJU AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS, OCC- CONTRACTOR, R/O. D.N0.7-815-1/A, 5TH LINE, SAMATHA NAGAR, ONGOLE, PRAKASAM DISTRICT.

...PETITIONER

AND

SRI SASHI BHUSHAN KUMAR IAS, WORKING AS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, PANCHAYATHI RAJ AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT (RWS-I) DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, VELAGAPUDI, AMARAVATI, GUNTUR DISTRICT.

SRI PEEYUSH KUMAR IAS, WORKING AS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, FINANCE DEPARTMENT SECRETARIAT, VELAGAPUDI, AMARAVATI, GUNTUR DISTRICT.

SMT A THAMEEM ANSARIYA IAS, WORKING AS DISTRICT COLLECTOR, ONGOLE, PRAKASAM DISTRICT.

SRI Y KOTESWARA RAO, WORKING AS EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, PRI DIVISION, KANDUKUR, SPSR NELLORE DISTRICT.

SRI J RAVI KUMAR, WORKING AS DEPUTY EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, PRI SUB-DIVISION, KONDEPI, PRAKSAM DISTRICT.

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SRI P SRINIVAS PRASAD, WORKING AS PROJECT OFFICER, HOUSING CORPORATION DEPARTMENT, ONGOLE, PRAKASAM 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 may be pleased to punish the Respondents herein under sections 10 to 12 of Contempt of Court Act, 1971 for willfully and disobedience of the Orders passed by Honble Court in WP No. 13892 of 2024, dated.07.08.2024 and pass

Counsel for the Petitioner:

1.SHAIK MEERAVALI

Counsel for the Contemnor(S):

1.RAMA RAO KOCHIRI

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The Court made the following Order:

The learned counsel appearing for the respondents submits that, the order under contempt has already been complied with, as the payment was made today only as per the instructions from the 2^nd respondent dated 04.09.2025, which shall be made as part of court record.

In view of the same, nothing survives in this contempt case and accordingly, it is closed. Interim order if any, deemed to have been vacated. There shall be no order as to costs.

As a sequel, Miscellaneous Petitions pending, if any, shall stand

closed.

_________________________ JUSTICE B KRISHNA MOHAN 04s.09.2025 NNN