Disposed

M/s Raghava-Plr (Jv) v. Smt. a. Santhi Kumari, IAS

Telangana HC15 Dec 2023CC/2407/2023

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What is this about?

Common order disposing of three linked contempt cases filed for alleged willful disobedience of earlier writ orders. The court found principal amount paid and interest reduced to 6%. Contempt cases closed with liberty to file fresh ones if interest remains unpaid.

What did the court decide?

Contempt cases closed with liberty to file fresh cases if 6% interest remains unpaid; miscellaneous applications closed.

M/s Raghava-Plr (Jv) Vs Smt. a… — Constitutional and Fundamental Rights | Telangana HC (2023)

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IN THE HIGH^{COURT FORTHESTATEOF TELANGANA} AT HYDERABAD

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FRIDAY, THE FIFTEENTH^{DAYOF DECEMBER} TWO THOUSAND^{ANDTWENTY THREE}

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PRESENT

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THE HON'BLE^{SRI JUSTICEB. VIJAYSEN REDDY}

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co TEMPT CASE N :24O7.24O8^{and 2409 of2023}

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Contemot Case No.^{2407 ot2023}

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ContemptcasefiledunderSectionslOto12ofcontemptofCourtsActto 1971^praying that in^{the circumstances statedin the affidavit filedhereintheHigh} court may be^{pleasedto punish respondentsfor will full disobedienceof the order} passed by this Court in WP.No.12655^{of 2023dated 03-10-2023'}

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Between:

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M/s Raghava-PlR^{(JV),A Joint Venture of M/S RaghavaconstructionsandM/s} FLn^{p?ivaieproiect!piivateLimitedHaving its.offic6 at Raghava..flidg,} 1I9-8--?AOyltZl &^{28, 'Krishnapuram Street,Road No. 10, Banjara Hills'iyoeraD.l9--} soooc+ Reoreiented by Mr.^{ponguleti prasad Reddy ManagingPartner,Nl/s} Raohava Cbnstructions,^{Renamed as M/S Raghava Constructlons(ln6la) HVI} Ltd;(RCIPL) Aged^{54 years.}

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...ConteimPt Petitioner

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AND

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l.Smt.A.SanthiKumari,lAS,D/onotknowntothePetitioner,Age:notknown' Chief Secretary to^{the Government, State of Telangana, SecretanatHullqlngs'} Hyderabad.

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Sri K. Ramakrishna^{Rao, lAS, S/o not known to the Petitioner, Age: not} - i'nb*n, Criniipal Secretdry, Finance Department, State of Telangana' Secretariat Buildings,^Hyderabad.

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- Specidt Dr- Raiat Kumar. lAS, S/o Chief Secretary,^{lrrigation not known & CAD Department, State to the Petitioner, Age: not known'of lelangana'} !

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Sbcretariat Buildings, Hyderabad.

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Sri Cheeti Muralidhar,^{S/o not kJrown to the Petitioner, Age:} Iot^known' ' Eiiginbet-in-ct iei (Gtinerat), 2d Floor, Jalasoudha, lnum Manzil, Hyderabad'

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Sri M. A. Hameed^{Khan, S/o not known to the Petitioner,.Age:not known,} - Cniet Enqineer (lrrigation), Office of the Chief Engineer, Nagarkurnool, Nagarkurnool Diskict-⁵⁰⁹²⁰⁹

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6 sriGanoJViiavaBhaskarReddy,s/onotknowntothePetitioner,Age:not i"t*i. Erd"l.iiGndinq Ensineei,^{office of the Superintending Engineer} iirigation Circle^{No. l,Nagarkurnool509209'}

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7 Sri Batchala Sanieeva^{Rao, S/onot known to the Peiitioner,Ag-e:. n-ot known'} EI""*ii,;;, E"sl,i3"i'FniLs,^{lrloaqolDivision:2.,officeof the chief Engineer} Achampet, Nagarkurnool^{Distnct' I elangana- cuvr/c'}

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8 Sri F'jv Rafio )''ili^{jrt*ii"iibmc"t,} .\hammad^{Phasha, S/o not Nasarkurnool known (Dist) to the. Telangana-50e209Petitioner'Ag^e: not known'}

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...Contemnors/ResPondents

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Counsel for the^{Petitioner:SRI MOHAMMED OMER FAROOQ}

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Counsel for^{the Respondents:ADOITIONAL ADVOCATEGENERAL}

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contemDt Case No.240^{8 ot 2023}

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Contempt Case^{filed under Sections'lO to 12 of Contempt of Courts Actto} lgTlprayingthatinthecircumstancesstatedintheaffidavitfiledhereintheHigh Courtmaybeplt:asedtopunishrespondentsforwillfulldisobedienceoftheorder passeO by tnis Court^{in WP.No.12825 of 2023dated 03-'10-2023'}

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Between:

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M/s Raohava-PlR^{(JV)'A Joint Venture of M/s Raghava Constructions and M{s} 'ilh'i?fr;i;n:d;|ti piiijt; Liii,iiid'iiavlns its officE at Raohava^{Pride H No'8-2-} 60311t27 &^{2{}, Krishnaput"il'SitJ"i,noia'tlo} -10,^{BanjiraHills'-Hyderabad-} ;60b5;'n?pJi'ie,it"o^{oi rvrr. poi,guibti prasaa Reddv ManaoinoPartner' M/s} Raohava Cbn;tructions,^{n"n"#O"lI''fvfls-nignava-bonstrudtio-ns (lndia) Pvt'} Liol,inciPtl nged^{54 years}

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...Contempt Petitioner

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AND

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1 Smt.A.SarlthiKumari,lAS,D/onotknowntothePetitioner,Age:notknown, 6iilf S"#t*y io^{ifie'Cov,irnment.State of Telangana, SecretariatBuildings,} Hyderabad.

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2 SriK.Ram€krishnaRao,lAS,S/onotknowntothePetitioner'Age:not il;;;.'il;;il;i iiil;i;ry,^{Finance Department'stateof relansana'} Secretiriat^{l3uildings, Hyderabad.}

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3 Dr.RaiatKr-mar,lAS,S/onotknowntothePetitioner'Age:notknown' ilJi3l b'hl;;i S#;tdr:^{irrigiiion & cAD Department'stateof Telangana'} Sbcretariat Iluildings,^Hyderabad

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4 Sri Cheeti Muralidhar,^{S/o not klownto the Petitioner' Age: not known'} EligY;L:;;i":cfi"i'G";aii-)o^{Itobi, .latasouoha,liruirManzil, Hvderabad}

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5 SriM.A.HaneedKhan,S/onotknowntothePetitioner'.Age:notknown' 6iiilliili,iiii.ijiiri,iditiirhi^{omie oitne cnier Ensineer' Nasarkurnool'} Nagarkuinoc'l^{District- 509209'}

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6 Sri Gangu Vijaya Bhaskar^Reddy, S/o^{not known to the Petition-er,Age:not} known. Superintending Engineei,^{Omce of the Superintending Engineer} lrrigation Circle No.¹ , Nagarkurnool^509209.

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Sri Batchala Sanjeeva Rao, S/o not known to the^{Petitioner,Age:} not known, Executive Engineer, PRILS, lrrigation Division-2, Office of the Ch ief Engineer Achampet, Nagarkurnool District, Telangana- 509375.

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Sri Rafiq Ahammad Phasha, S/o not known to the Petitioner, Age: not^known, Pay and Accounts Officer, Nagarkumool^(Dist) Telangana-509209.

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...Contem nors/Respondents

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Counsel for the Petitioner: SRI MOHAMMED OMER FAROOQ

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Counsel for the Respondents: ADDITIONAL ADVOCATE GENERAL

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Contempt Case No.2409 ol 2023

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Contempt Case filed under Sections 10 to 12 of Contempt of Courts Act to 1971 praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed herein the High Court may be^pleased to^punish respondents for will full disobedience of the order passed by this Court in WP.No.12677 of 2023 dated 03-10-2023.

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Between:

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M/s Raghava-PlR (JV), A Joint Venture of M/s Raghava Constructions and^M/s PLR Private Projects Private Limited Having its office at Raghava Pride H.No.8-260311127 & 28, Krishnapuram Street, Road No, 10, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad500034 Represented by Mr. Ponguleti Prasad Reddy Managing Partner,^M/s Raghava Constructions, Renamed as M/s Raghava Constructionq^(lndia) Pvt. Ltd.,(RCIPL) Aged 54^years.

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...Contempt Petitioner

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AND

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Smt. A. Santhi Kumari, lAS, D/o not known to the Petitioner, Age: not known, Chief Secretary to the Government, State of Telangana, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad.

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Sri K. Ramakrishna Rao, lAS, S/o not known to the Petitioner, Age: not known, Principal Secretary, Finance Department, State of Telangana, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad.

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Dr. Rajat Kumar, lAS, S/o not known to the^Petitioner, Age:^{not known,} Specia-l Chief Secretary, lnigation & CAD Department, State of Telangana, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad.

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Sri Cheeti Muralidhar, S/o not klown to the Petitioner, Age: not known, Engineer-in-Chief (General), 2- Floor, Jalasoudha,^lrrum Manzil,^Hyderabad.

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Sri M. A. Hameed Khan, S/o not known^to the^{Petitioner, Age: not known,} Chief Engineer^{(lrrigation),} Office of the Chief Engineer, Nagarkurnool, Nagarkurnool District- 509209.

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8 E:ff,l5lli$Tll3%',f.1?1ft^{,:#[.?"":litJl?rT3'5""Ji'll-?'As€notknown'} ...Contemnors/ResPondents

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Counsel^{for the Petitioner:SRI MOHAMMED OMER FAROOQ} Counsel^{for the Respondents:ADDITIONAL ADVOCATE GENERAL}

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The Court^{made the following:COMMON ORDER}

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THE HONOURABLE^{SRTJUSTICEB. VTJAYSENREDDY}

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CONTEMPT CASE^{Nos.24072408 AND2409 0F 2023}

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COMMONORDER:^(oRAL)

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Since common^{issue is involvedin all these contemptcases'} with the consent of^{the bothsides,they are being disposed of by} this common order.

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Learned counsel for^{the petitioners has submittedthat the} principal amount^{as directed by this Court in the order under} contempt has been^{paid by respondent authorities' However, in} respect of the interest^{component, the Division Bench hasmodified} the orders dated^{03.10.2023of this Court in W'P' Nos'12655'} 12677 and 12825 of^{2023 and reducedthe interest payable by the} respondent authorities^{from nine (9%)per cent to six (6%) per} cent. As seen^{fromthe record, order dated 12'12'2023was passed} by the Division^{Benchin W.A. Nos.1081,1075 and 1070 of 2023,} which were filed^{challengingthe orders of this Court dated} 03.10.2023 in^{W'P. Nos.12655, 12677 and 12825 of 2023} respectively. It^{was recorded by leamed DivisionBench that}

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principa amount has already been paid on 06.12.2023 and 07.12.2023.

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In view of the same, the contempt cases are closed.

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However, peti[ioners are given liberty to file fresh contempt cases

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before this Court or before the Division Bench, if payment of six

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(6%) per<,ent interest is not made by respondent authorities. There

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shall be n() order as to costs.

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As a sequel thereto, miscellaneous applications, if any,

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pending ir these contempt cases stand closed.

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Sd/- B. SATYAVATHI DEPUTY REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// v'

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SECTION OFFICER

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To, 1. One CC tr: SRl.^{MOHAMMED OMER FAROOQ,Advoca.tetqP.UCl.} 2. iwo CCs to Additional^{Advocate General, High Court for the State ot} Telanganit at HYderabad.(OUT)

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Two CD^C;opies

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HIGH COI.,RT DATED:1 !i11212023

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COMMON ORDER

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CC.Nos.2,107,2408 and 2409 of 2023

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THESE CONTEMPT CASES ARE CLOSED @q"e *" a-Q^ t3

M/s Raghava-Plr (Jv) v. Smt. a. Santhi Kumari, IAS

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