IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY FRIDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, TWO THOUSAND NINE CONTEMPT CASE No.1084 of 2009 Between: Sri D.Sainath Kumar and eleven others. … Petitioners And: Sri G.Sai Prasad, IAS, Chairman & Managing Director, A.P. Central Power Distribution Co., Ltd., Red Hills, Hyderabad. … Respondent Counsel for the Petitioners: Sri B. Shiva Kumar. Counsel for the Respondent: Sri P.R.Balarami Reddy. This Court made the following: ORDER:- This Contempt Case is filed alleging wilful disobedience of order, dated 8-4-2009, in WPMP No.2772 of 2009 in Writ Petition No.2189 of 2009, whereby this Court directed that the respondent, while effecting promotions, shall strictly follow the Service Regulations issued in B.P (PG) Ms.No.354, dated 12- 12-1994. It is alleged in the Contempt Case that by proceedings dated 19-6-2009 the respondent kept 14 Assistant Engineers, who were appointed by transfer, as in-charge Assistant Divisional Engineers and thereby he committed contempt of the above mentioned order. At the hearing, Sri P.Balarami Reddy, learned standing counsel for the respondent, submitted that all the fourteen persons, who were kept in-charge of Assistant Divisional Engineers are seniors to the petitioners and, therefore, the respondent has not violated the service regulations referred to above. In the Contempt Case, the petitioners did not aver that the persons referred to above, who were kept in- charge of Assistant Divisional Engineer posts, are juniors to them. Therefore, it cannot be said that the respondent has committed violation of order of this Court in WPMP No.2772 of 2009 in WP No.2189 of 2009. The Contempt Case is, therefore, dismissed with liberty to the petitioners to make an appropriate representation to the respondent. If the petitioners submit relevant material to the respondent to the effect that all/any of the 14 persons, who were given in-charge promotions as Assistant Divisional Engineers, were juniors to them as Assistant Engineers, the respondent shall take appropriate steps to redress the grievance of the petitioners. ------------------------------------ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY,J Date:11-9-2009 MNR