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Macharla Mohan Goud v. Sri Shashi Bhushan Kumar, I.A.S.

Telangana HC15 Jun 2023CC/202/2023

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What is this about?

The Telangana High Court disposed of a contempt petition regarding willful non-compliance with a previous order directing initiation of disciplinary proceedings. The Court directed the Principal Secretary of the Government of Telangana (Special Secretary, Irrigation and I&CAD) to pass a final order on pending charges within two weeks, finding that the petitioner's service relationship transferred

What did the court decide?

Directed the Special Secretary, Irrigation and I&CAD Department, Government of Telangana, to pass a final order on the disciplinary charges against the petitioner within two weeks from receipt of the

Macharla Mohan Goud Vs Sri Shashi Bhushan Kumar… — Service and Employment | Telangana HC (2023)

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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD

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THURSDAY, THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY THREE

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PRESENT

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THE HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE UJJAL BHUYAN AND THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.TUKARAMJI

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CONTEMPT CASE NO: 2O2OF 2023

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Contempt Case under Sections 10 to 12 of Contempt of Courts Act to punish the respondent for deliberate violation and willful disobedience of the order of this Hon'ble Court dated 27-12-2021 in W.P.No. 14005 of 2021 .

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Between:

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Macharla Mohan Goud, s/o. late M.Raman Goud, Aged about 60 years, occ . Retired lncharge Executive Engineer, Resident of H.No.2 -19- 79/100/A, Azmath Nagar Colony, Kalyanpuri, Uppal, Hyderabad - 500 032.

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...PETITIONEFU Petitioner

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AND

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Sri Shashi Bhushan Kumar, l.A.S., Principal Secretary Water Resources Department Government of Andhra Pradesh Amaravathi, Velagapudi Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh ... RespondenU Respondent No. 3

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Counsel for the Petitioner: SRl. G. RAMAN GOUD

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Counsel for the Respondents: SRI P. GOVIND REDDY

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(SPECTAL COUNSEL FOR A.P)

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The Court made the following: ORDER

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THF] r{()N,B f'H (l I III.]F J USTICE UI AI BH AND

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.T'.EIE] HON,BLE S BIJ [i s'f I TU I cq.nrqrnpr Ctrrt No.202 of 202i ORDER, rpc, rhe tt, t:,t.tt /k ( /,n, l, ,! t ,;

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Ileard NIr. (i. Itanren (ir,L:Ll. icarncd counsel For thc pctitioner and Mr. P.(]ovrnd Rcdclr., learnc,ii SPccial Counsel for thc.state of .\ndhre I)ratlcsh rcPrcsc.lrtirrq tirr t.s1l, rnLls61.

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2 'Ilus c()nrcmpt casc has lrccr_r filcd al.te grng willftrl and deliberatc nonconrpliancc r() rh(, ,,r,lcr tjated 21 .12.2021 passed by thrs Courrin \X/.1).N,r. 1,100-i of 2t)ll liled bv thc peuugncr

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3 Ordcr datcd 2-.12.2021 rca(l\ ,rs undcr

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The petitiorrer before this ( rLrrr has filed the present writ petioon being agirieved by r Irc ch:rrge sheet issued by the comperent dtscrplinary aurh()nt. rlrrrrLi 25.07.20 1 6. The undispu't.J lacts oI rh,. ,,,.,. r,.,,-^r .r.^- -, tn" t rtst l c'eal that the petifioner was serving on thc J)osr or a." of A ndhra pradt:s ^,",^{^ :,r--*"'.,1 ..,';:J:r":TtilJ::::j:} keeping in vicq, llle st2tlrtor_y provisions as containcd in thc Andhra Pradesh Crvrl Sen.rce s 1(.1,r:sriication, Control and ,,\ppcal) Rules, 1991 . Ilc u,as allocatcd t( ) ll)(, .Stare of T.clangana by an 'felangana.order dated 13.11.2014 and subsc.lrrcrrrlv hc joined in the State oi

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Lcarnccl counscl fi rr the peurioner har; vehcme ntlv arguctJ Lrelorc this Court thar rhc charge sireet anrl enure disciplina$ procccclings descrve to bc q.uashed as he w.as al_locatcd ro the Srarc oITclangana and reliancc has bcen placcd upon Rule 2 (a) and (c) oI the ..\ndhra Ptadesh (_ir.il Serviccs (Classification, (]ontrol ancl Appcal) ltulcs, 1991, which i.- acioptcd by thc State of T,elzrngarra also.

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Rulc 2(a) and (c) oI rhc^'l'elangana Civil Services (Classificauon, Control and ,\ppeal) Rulcs,^'l 991, is rcproduccci as unclcr:-

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(a) ',\ppoinring authotity rn rclation to a Government servant, means _

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(i) the authoriq which actuallv made the tcmporary or officiatir.rg or sLrbstantive appointmcnt as the case may, be, of the Government Scn,anr ro the post held bv him 2r rhe time of irudation of disciplinarv proccedings; or

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(u) the aurhorio which rs. under the rules rcgulating rhe recruirmcnt to the post rvhich the Govcrnment servant for the time being holds, compctcnt to makc an appointmenr,

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Whicho,cr aurhorin' is hrgher;

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(b). .

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(c) 'drsciplinary aurhority' means the authotiry cornpetcnr under thcse rules to rmp<.rsc on a Governmcnt Sen,anr afly of the penalties specified in Rulc 9 or Rule i0;

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The petiuoner. after participation of the dcpartrnenr enquiry, has now approached this Court for quashment o[ the charges.

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Learned Govctnment^pleade r for Scfi.ices_Il was fair enough in stating bcforc this Court that the presenr writ pctition be disposed of with liberty to rhc Srate (iovernment to pass appropriate order in accordance with law.

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-\t lhis^jultc:turc, 1l r('(lUCSt rs nndc [rrr issuance oi a dircctron to thc rcspondcnrs to pass lr linrrl olclcr at arr r:arlv clatc

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In rhc liqlrt of rhc rf orcsrrrd, thc prcscnr u,rit pedrron is disposcd oi drrecunu rirt rlrrrrl rcsPondcnt ro pass a final ordcr withir-r a pcriorl of frlrr rvct,lis ilom rhc datc of reccll)r .)i c()p)' i)f ths ordcr. In r:ase, thc pctitioncr rs inflictcd with any purushrncnt, all thc^grounds rarsctl irr llrr.Prrsenr wnt pctition shrll bc takefl up in appropnate lrroceerlrngs.

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'l'hc mrscellaneous lpplit rruorrs pcnding in thrs rvrit petition, iI any, shall stand closed.'l'hcrc shall be no otlcr as to costs.

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I'ollr>rving the noricc rssLrrd on 09.02.2023, respondcnt has filed coun ter-afFrdavit. I)ara l.l oi rhe coun rcr-afFrdavit is rclevant and the same is extractcd hcrcrrnclcr:

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I respectfully submit rhal ir i rc..i of the :rbovc and rhe orders of thc Hrgh^(,ourt. the Specrrl^(-lriel- Secterarr', I&CAI) Departmcnt, Tclangana Stare. Hyderelracl is r ompetenr authori6, to concludc thc disciplinary proceedings lgainsr rhe peririoncr. As such, the third respondcnt (i.c.. the Principal Sccrerary, Ciovcrnmenr of Andhra Ptade sh, Water Resourccs l)c1>rL rrrr.rc nr) in the W.P.No.14005 of 2021 vide h.is lettcr dated 01.1)2.202 1lrrs fonvardcd the enrire record of thc peflUonef to thc Special^(ihic f Sccretary, Govcrnmenr of Telangana, I&CAD Department, Ilyclcrebarl with a requesr to conclude rJrsciplinary proceedings asainsr the pctrtioner as per rules in fotce and keeping in r.ieu of the ordcrs oi rhc Fligh Court, [Jydcrabad, Telangana, since after bifurcation ol' rhc ]:r-snvhile -\ndhra Pradcsh State, thc

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irrcdviJual^{ria:: ;epatriateriti'' l e lrtttsar'raStatc orr 1i' l 1 lU llas he rvas} appointctl^{tn Zonc-\ri}

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Iiron-r thc^{abovc, it is cvidcnr rhat thor'rrrh inrriallvPCttll()rrcr} was scrvirlgl^{as all l'xe cuuve f')ngincer (lnchar-gc)in thtr c'rrnl'rusitt'} State of^{Andhra Pr:adesh'Prlst- bifurcatrorl he was allotted to thc} Statc^{o[ Telangana' ()n suchallocation' he became xn offtcer undcr} thc Gorrernmcnt^{of'I'elangana. Thus, the tnastcr andsert,ant} cxistcd^{hcrwccn him rrnd rhc Covernmcnt o[} relationshiP^whi<:h Andhra^{Pradcshstood severcd;and a new lnaster and sen'-ant} relationship^{betrvccn the Ckrvcrnmento['I'elanganaandthe} petitioner^{came to [:c sct uP}

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If that be^{the posiuon, it is the competefltauthoritvof tl-rcr} State^{of Telanganawhrch has to Passthe appropriate order in terms} o[ the^{crrdero[ this Court dated 21 .1.2.2021passedin w'P No 14005} o12021

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1 . Wc have^{beeninformedat the bar that the PrincipalSecretarl'} to the^{(iovernmcnt of -I'elaflgana.Irrigationand cAD Dcpartmentis} /rh" .ornp.r.nt authority to Pass such^{an order}

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8 \,'e htvc a[sr, bccn inlcrnncr] rrr rhc bar that rhc pctitroncr had rcrircd lrorn scn ice on ariairrinq the agc of superannuadon r>n 31 .0.i.201 9

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On a qucfl irv t[-rc^(-ourr. lclr-ned counscl lor rhc l)criuoner submrts that no ,)rder was Passcd by the State of^'I'clangana continuing wlth thc d.isciplinarr proceedings under thc rcler.ant Pcnsion^{rulcs or anv othcrrr-rles pr>st rctlrement.}

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10 Be that as it may, l)rinciprl Sccretarl, ro rhc Govcrnment of I clangana, I rriganorr ancl^(-,\D I)(,1)lrrtment shall pass thc nccessary ordcr wrthin a penod of lcrur u,cclis liom thc date of rcccrpt of a copy o[ this order.

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tl Thrs disposes o[ the contcrnpl case. No costs

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As a scguel, misccllaneous pctitions, pending if any, stand

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ckrscd

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LU sd,-cBrvPEffiTESlE R /TTRUE^COPYI/

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SECTION^OFFICER

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One CC to SRl. G. RAMAN GOUD, Advocate [OPUC] 4. One CC to SRl. P. GOVIND REDDY,^(SPECIAL COUNSEL^{FOR A.P)} loPUcl

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Two CD Copies kul pr .

HIGH COURT

HC,J & NTR,J

DATED:15/06t2023

ORDER

CC.No.202 of 2023

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DISPOSING OF THE CONTEMPT CASE.

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Macharla Mohan Goud v. Sri Shashi Bhushan Kumar, I.A.S.

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