President Wua v. S S Rawat,I.a.S
Case brief
What is this about?
Contempt Case No. 1390 of 2023, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati, decided 26.02.2026 by Justice D. Ramesh. Petitioner: President WUA, Desireddy Lalcshmi Reddy (Prakasam District). Contemnors: S S Rawat IAS (Principal Secretary, Finance and Planning), Sri Sashibhushan Kumar (Principal Secretary, Water Resources), Sri K Dinesh Kumar (District Collector, Prakasam at Ongole), Sri B Tirupalaiah (Executive Engineer, Special Division (Irrigation), Markapur). Filed under Sections 10 to 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act 1971 for alleged violation of the order dated 05.12.2022 in W.P No. 17206 of 2022. Closed on recorded compliance; no order as to costs. Counsels: Arun Showri G for petitioner; Ashok Ram V and S Siva Kumari for contemnors. Keywords: contempt closed on compliance, willful disobedience, irrigation, Prakasam, Velagapudi Secretariat.
What did the court decide?
No punishment imposed; the Contempt Case was closed upon recording the petitioner's counsel's statement that the respondents have complied with the orders dated 05.12.2022 in W.P No. 17206 of 2022, with no order as to costs.