IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT: THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE B. SESHASAYANA REDDY CONTEMPT CASE No.735 of 2009 Between: Pericheria Sivaji Raju and two others ... PETITIONERS AND Sri Asutosh Misra, Presently the Principal Secretary to Government, Education Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Secretariat, Hyderabad and three others ... RESPONDENTS ORDER: This contempt case is filed complaining the disobedience of the order dated 05-02-2009 passed in W.P.M.P.No.36837 of 2008 in W.P.No.28115 of 2008. 2. This Contempt Case came to be admitted on 06-11-2009. One Sri L. Premacandra Reddy appeared before the court on 14-12-2009 and stated that he is incharge Commissioner and that provisional seniority list has been prepared and a copy of the same has been communicated to the concerned persons. A copy of the original seniority list has been placed on record. 3. Learned Government Pleader for Higher Education entered appearance on behalf of respondent No.2 and filed counter-affidavit 4 . Heard Sri D. Ramalingaswamy, learned counsel appearing for the petitioners and learned Government Pleader for Higher Education for respondent No.2. 5. The learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that seniority fixed by the respondents is not in accordance with the rules as prayed for in the writ petition, and therefore, cause in the contempt case survives. 6. The interim order passed in W.P.M.P.No.36837 of 2008 reads as hereunder: “There shall be interim direction to the respondents to decide the seniority of the petitioners in the cadre of Lecturers in accordance with the Rules in force within a period of three months.” 7. The respondent issued notices to all colleges and prepared the final list. It amounts to substantial compliance of the interim order passed in W.P.M.P.No.36837 of 2008. Since the writ petition is pending, it is always open to the petitioners to canvas that their seniority is not in accordance with the rules in force. 8. Accordingly, this Contempt Case is dismissed. ___________________________ B. SESHASAYANA REDDY, J February 23, 2010. PN THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY CONTEMPT CASE No.735 of 2009 February 23, 2010