THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY CONTEMPT CASE NOs.867 and 1164 OF 2009 2nd September 2009 1. C.C.No.867 of 2009 Between: Sri Surle Satyanarayana, 56 years, S/o.Sathyanarayana, R/o.Rolugunta Village & Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. …PETITIONER AND 1. The Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep.by its Principal Secretary, Sri M.V.P.C.Sastry, Panchayat Raj Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. And one other. …RESPONDENTS 2. C.C.No.1164 of 2009 Between: Sri Surle Satyanarayana, 56 years, S/o.Sathyanarayana, R/o.Rolugunta Village & Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. …PETITIONER AND Sri B.Venkateswarlu, Secretary, State Election Commission, Andhra Pradesh …RESPONDENTS THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY CONTEMPT CASE NOs.867 and 1164 of 2009 COMMON ORDER: The petitioner filed W.P.No.3655 of 2009 complaining that the respondents therein did not take steps to notify the vacancy of the President of Mandal Praja Parishad, Rolugunta Village and Mandal, Visakhapatnam, in accordance with Section 153 of the A.P. Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 and the Rules made thereunder. The Writ Petition was disposed of at the stage of admission on 25.02.2009 directing respondents 1 to 3 therein to take necessary steps to fill the vacancy of the office of the President. These two Contempt Cases are filed alleging that the respondents did not comply with the directions issued by this Court. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned counsel for the respondents. It is no doubt true that this Court stipulated six {6} weeks time for conducting the Elections. It is represented on behalf of the respondents that issuance of notification requires some formalities to be completed and in the process, there was delay. It is brought to the notice of this Court that the notification dated 31.08.2009 was issued by the State Election Commission proposing to conduct Elections on 08.09.2009. With this, the directions issued by this Court stand complied with. Both the Contempt Cases are, accordingly, closed. _____________________ (L.NARASIMHA REDDY, J) 2nd September 2009 RRB