Durga Fish Seed Farm Vs Sri Sabya Sachi Ghose, I.A.S — Contempt of Court | Telangana HC (2025)

Durga Fish Seed Farm Vs Sri Sabya Sachi Ghose, I.A.S — Contempt of Court | Telangana HC (2025)

What the court decided

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Outcome

All eleven contempt cases (C.C. Nos.450, 289, 476, 526, 527, 576, 579, 580, 582, 585 and 697 of 2025) closed on reported compliance; the Court recorded the Special Government Pleader's statement that payment tokens stand issued and the amounts will be credited within ten days from receipt of a copy of the order, and the petitioners' submission that, if the amounts are not deposited, they may avail the remedies available under law; miscellaneous applications, if any, closed; no order as to costs.

Issue for consideration

Whether the respondents committed wilful and deliberate disobedience of the orders passed in the respective writ petitions directing payment to the petitioners towards supply of fish seed/prawn juveniles. +1 more

Court's answer

Recording the submissions of the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Special Government Pleader for the respondents, the Court closed Contempt Case Nos.450, 289, 476, 526, 527, 576, 579, 580, 582, 585 and 697 of 2025 by common order; miscellaneous applications pending, if any, also stand closed, and there is no order as to costs.

Ratio / Principle

On the written instructions of the Director of Fisheries placed by the learned Special Government Pleader — administrative sanction for Rs.26,97,71,000/- (G.O.Rt.No.50 dated 29.07.2025), payment memo dated 12.08.2025, IFMIS bills and Tokens Nos.2601061494 & 2607061483 — the Court recorded that, since tokens were issued, the orders in all the contempt cases stand complied with and the amounts will be credited within ten days from the date of receipt of a copy of the order.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

High Court for the State of Telangana at Hyderabad (N.V. Shravan Kumar, J.), common order dated 13-08-2025: Contempt Cases Nos.450, 289, 476, 526, 527, 576, 579, 580, 582, 585 and 697 of 2025, alleging wilful and deliberate disobedience of writ-petition orders directing payment to fish seed farms/fish contractors for supply of fish seed and prawn juveniles for Financial Year 2023-24, are closed. On the hearing date the Special Government Pleader produced the Director of Fisheries' written instructions showing Administrative Sanction vide G.O.Rt.No.50 A.H., D.D. & F Dept., dated 29.07.2025 for Rs.26,97,71,000/- from the BE provision 2025-26, payment instructions vide Memo No.1178/F/A2/2023 dated 12.08.2025, IFMIS bills (T.S.R.Nos.20250000001166 & 20250000001165) and Tokens Nos.2601061494 & 2607061483 for Rs.4,65,30,872/- and Rs.22,31,36,348/-. Recording that, tokens having been issued, the orders stand complied with and the amounts will be credited within ten days from receipt of a copy of the order, and the petitioners' request for liberty to pursue available remedies if payment fails, the Court closed the contempt cases and pending miscellaneous applications, with no order as to costs. No precedent was cited or relied upon; no punishment was imposed.

Procedural history

How this case reached the court

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Prior proceeding
Order dated 27-12-2024 in W.P.No.36559 of 2024, wilful disobedience whereof is alleged in C.C. No.450 of 2025¶7
Prior proceeding
Order dated 08-01-2025 in W.P.No.33772 of 2024, wilful disobedience whereof is alleged in C.C. No.289 of 2025¶17
Prior proceeding
Order dated 09-01-2025 in W.P.No.890 of 2025, wilful disobedience whereof is alleged in C.C. No.476 of 2025¶34
Prior proceeding
Order dated 02-01-2025 in W.P.No.37166 of 2024, wilful disobedience whereof is alleged in C.C. No.526 of 2025¶44
Prior proceeding
Order dated 02-01-2025 in W.P.No.37145 of 2024, wilful disobedience whereof is alleged in C.C. No.527 of 2025¶54
Prior proceeding
Order dated 10-01-2025 in W.P.No.1099 of 2025, wilful disobedience whereof is alleged in C.C. No.576 of 2025¶67
Prior proceeding
Order dated 10-01-2025 in W.P.No.1290 of 2025, wilful disobedience whereof is alleged in C.C. No.579 of 2025¶84
Prior proceeding
Order dated 10-01-2025 in W.P.No.1180 of 2025, wilful disobedience whereof is alleged in C.C. No.580 of 2025¶98
Prior proceeding
Order dated 10-01-2025 in W.P.No.1087 of 2025, wilful disobedience whereof is alleged in C.C. No.582 of 2025¶112
Prior proceeding
Order dated 10-01-2025 in W.P.No.1280 of 2025, wilful disobedience whereof is alleged in C.C. No.585 of 2025¶127
Prior proceeding
Order dated 09-01-2025 in W.P.No.535 of 2025, wilful disobedience whereof is alleged in C.C. No.697 of 2025¶147
Prior proceeding
At the hearing, the Director of Fisheries' written instructions showed Administrative Sanction vide G.O.Rt.No.50 A.H., D.D. & F Dept., dated 29.07.2025 for Rs.26,97,71,000/- from BE provision 2025-26 towards payment to agencies for supply of fish seed/prawn juveniles for FY 2023-24¶171
Prior proceeding
Government instructions vide Memo No.1178/F/A2/2023 A.H., D.D. & F (A.H-I) Dept., dated 12.08.2025 to take necessary action for payment to the petitioners towards supply of fish seed/prawn juveniles¶171
Prior proceeding
Junior Accounts Officer/Drawing and Disbursing Officer, O/o Director of Fisheries, raised bills in IFMIS portal vide T.S.R.Nos.20250000001166 & 20250000001165 for payment to the petitioners in the 11 contempt cases; bills submitted to Pay and Accounts Office, Hyderabad¶171
Prior proceeding
Tokens Nos.2601061494 & 2607061483 issued for payment of Rs.4,65,30,872/- and Rs.22,31,36,348/- respectively¶174

Parties & counsel

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petitioner
M/s. Spoorthy Fish Seeds, rep. by its Managing Partner Sri Katla Sadanandam¶9
Akkam Eshwar
petitioner
Kantheti Sai, Jagula Ganesh and P.N.V.S.S. Raj Kumar (fish seed farm proprietors)¶19
M. Vidyavathi
petitioner
Abhay Fish Traders & Seed Suppliers, rep. by its proprietor Gangadhara Kankaiah¶36
Ponnam Mahesh Babu
petitioner
Gadipalli Rajitha Fish Seed Farm, rep. by its Proprietor Smt. Cadipalli Rajitha¶46
D.L. Pandu
petitioner
Nagapuri Prakash, D. Shiva Kumar, Puli Rajender Goud and D. Krishna Prasad (fish contractors)¶56
D.L. Pandu
petitioner
Sree Mathsya Fisheries Farm, Sri Adhivinayaka Fish Seed Farm, Sri Vinayaka Fish Seed Suppliers, Durga Fish Seed Farm and Kolan Bheemraj¶69
D.L. Pandu
petitioner
Hamsini Fish Seed Farm, rep. by its Proprietor Mathi Gopikrishna¶86
D.L. Pandu
petitioner
M/s Neelima Fish Seed Farm, rep. by its proprietor T. Sulil Kumar¶100
D.L. Pandu
petitioner
K.S. Fish Farm and Jala Pushpa Fish Seed Hatching Company¶114
D.L. Pandu
petitioner
Durga Fish Seed Farm, N. Kharan Chand Fish Seed Farms, Rudhraraju Jagadeesh Varma Fish Seed Suppliers, N. Srinivasa Rao Fish Seed Farm, N. Murali Krishna Fish Seed Farm, Sri Vijay All In One Fish Seeds Farm, Sri Manikanta Fish Seed Farm and Geeta Mahalaxmi Fish Seed Farm¶129
D.L. Pandu
petitioner
Putta Fish Seed Farm and Srikanth Fish Seed Farm¶149
D.L. Pandu
respondent
Sri Sandeep Kumar Sultania, IAS, Principal Secretary, Department of Finance, Secretariat, Hyderabad¶12
GP FOR FINANCE PLANNING, Swaroop Oorilla
respondent
Sri Sabyasachi Ghosh (Sabya Sachi Ghose), IAS, Principal Secretary / Special Chief Secretary, Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development and Fisheries Department¶24
ADDL ADVOCATE GENERAL
respondent
Smt. Priyanka Ala, IAS, Commissioner of Fisheries, Telangana State¶77
ADDL ADVOCATE GENERAL
respondent
Sri T. Srinivas, Deputy Director of Fisheries (Inlands), O/o Commissioner of Fisheries, Hyderabad¶78
ADDL ADVOCATE GENERAL
respondent
The District Fisheries Officer, Mulugu District (suo motu impleaded in C.C. No.289 of 2025)¶26
GP FOR FISHERIES
respondent
Sri Adarsh Surabhi, IAS, District Collector, Wanaparthy District¶157
GP FOR REVENUE
respondent
Sri Badavath Santosh, IAS, District Collector, Nagarkurnool District¶158
GP FOR REVENUE

Coram

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