Noori Nagabhushanam Vs Sri Y.v.Anuradha IAS — Contempt of Court | Andhra Pradesh HC (2026)

Noori Nagabhushanam Vs Sri Y.v.Anuradha IAS — Contempt of Court | Andhra Pradesh HC (2026)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Contempt Case closed on record without adjudication of the alleged contempt; no order as to costs; pending Miscellaneous Petitions in the Contempt Case directed to stand closed.

Issue for consideration

Whether the Contempt Case should be closed on the submission that the underlying writ petition (W.P.No.39887 of 2014) stands dismissed as non-prosecution, leaving the contempt proceedings incapable of enforcement.

Court's answer

Recording the petitioner's counsel's submission that the writ petition stood dismissed as non-prosecution and the contempt case could not be enforced, the Court closed the Contempt Case.

Ratio / Principle

No order as to costs was made in the Contempt Case.

Key takeaways

Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, pending in the Contempt Case were directed to stand closed consequentially.ratio¶34

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Contempt Case No. 419/2018, High Court of Andhra Pradesh at Amaravati (Venkateswarlu Nimmagadda, J.; 05.03.2026): Filed under Sections 10 to 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act 1971 by Noori Nagabhushanam seeking punishment of four Endowments Department officials (Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner, Assistant Commissioner and the Executive Officer of Sri Ganga Parvathi Sametha Chendrasekhara Swamy Temple, Chamallamudi, Guntur District) for alleged willful disobedience of the order dated 08.04.2017 extending interim orders until further orders in WPMP No.50018 of 2014 (referred to in the body as I.A. No.1 of 2014) in W.P.No.39887 of 2014, passed by Justice A.Rajasekhar Reddy. At hearing, petitioner's counsel submitted that the underlying writ petition had been dismissed as non-prosecution, so the contempt case could not be enforced, and requested closure. Recording the submission, the Court closed the Contempt Case, made no order as to costs, and directed that Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, pending therein stand closed. The merits of the alleged disobedience were not adjudicated and no precedent is discussed.

APHC010125342018

IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI (Special Original Jurisdiction)

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THURSDAY,THE FIFTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX

PRESENT

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA

CONTEMPT CASE NO: 419/2018

Between:

NOORI NAGABHUSHANAM, OCCARCHAKA, R/O.CHARNALLAMUDI VILLAGE, VATTICHERUKURU MANDAL, GUNTUR DISTRICT.

...PETITIONER

AND

SRI Y V ANURADHA IAS, THE COMMISSIONER, ENDOWMENTS DEPARTMENT, GOLLAPUDI, VIJAYAWADA RURAL, KRISHNA DISTRICT.

SRI M V SURESH BABU, THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, ENDOWMENTS DEPARTMENT, OPP. GUNTA GROUND, KOTHAPET, GUNTUR CITY, GUNTUR DISTRICT.

SRI K SRINIVASA RAO, ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER, ENDOWMENTS DEPARTMENT, OPP. GUNTAGROUND, KOTHAPET, GUNTUR CITY, GUNTUR DISTICT. .

SRI P V SUBBA RAO, EXECUTIVE OFFICER, SRI GANGA PARVATHI SAMETHA CHENDRASEKHARA SWAMY TEMPLE, CHAMALLAMUDI VILLAGE, VATTICHERUKURU MANDAL, GUNTUR 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 No.1 to 4/Respondents No.2 to 5 herein for willful disobeying committing the contempt of Order

extending interim order until further orders DT-08-04-2017 in WPMP No.50018 of 2014 in WP No.39887 of 2014 passed by the Hon'ble Justice Sri Justice A.Rajasekhar Reddy Garu in the interest of justice and pass

Counsel for the Petitioner:

1.NAGARAJU NAGURU

Counsel for the Contemnor(S):

1.P RAJANI REDDY

2.GP FOR ENDOWMENTS (AP)

3.ELEVATED AS JUDGE

The Court made the following:

THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA

CONTEMPT CASE NO:419 OF 2018

ORDER:

This contempt case is filed against the respondents for willful disobedience of the orders dated 08.04.2017 in I.A. No.1 of 2014 in W.P.No.39887 of 2014.

Heard learned counsel for the petitioner(s) and learned counsel for the respondents.

When the matter is taken up for hearing, learned counsel for the petitioner(s) submits that since the writ petition itself is dismissed as nonprosecution, no further orders are necessary and the present contempt case cannot be enforced. Hence, requested to close the contempt case.

Recording the said submission, the Contempt Case is closed. There shall

be no order as to costs.

Consequently, Miscellaneous Petitions, if any, pending in the contempt case shall stand closed.

VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA, J

05.03.2026 BSP

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HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE VENKATESWARLU NIMMAGADDA

(closed)

Contempt Case No.419 of 2018

05.03.2026 BSP