THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE G. CHANDRAIAH CONTEMPT CASE NO.1644 OF 2008 DATE:19.04.2011 BETWEEN P.KRISHNAIAH & OTHERS. …PETITIONERS AND THE GOVT OF A.P REP BY ITS SECRETARY & ANOTHER. …RESPONDENTS. THIS COURT MADE THE FOLLOWING: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE G. CHANDRAIAH CONTEMPT CASE NO.1644 OF 2008 ORDER: This contempt case is filed by the petitioners who are ten in number, seeking to punish the respondents under Sections 10 to 12 of the Contempt of Court Act for their willful disobedience of the orders passed in W.P.M.P.NO:37155 of 2007 in WP.No.28440 of 2007. Along with the above writ petition, the petitioners also filed W.P.M.P.37155 of 2007 seeking a direction to the respondents to consider their cases for promotion to the post of Executive Engineer in preference to the deputations in the existing vacancies or coming vacancies duly repatriating the deputations to their parent department pending the main writ petition. On 31.12.2007, this Court passed the following order: “There shall be interim direction as prayed for” Alleging that the respondents have failed to comply with the interim direction passed by this Court, the present contempt case is filed. On behalf of the respondents, the 2nd respondent filed a detailed counter denying the allegations made against them. It is further inter alia contended that pursuant to the interim order dated 31.12.2007, after duly considering the work load, the claim of the petitioners for promotion to the next cadre was duly considered and a decision to accommodate nine deputy Executive Engineers from time to time was taken and hence, the orders of this Court dated 31.12.2007 are complied with and there is no violation of the orders of this Court. In support of the said contention, the learned G.P for Medical and Health placed before this Court a copy of the letter i.e., Lr.No:104B/APHMHIDC/HRD-1/2011, dated 18.4.2011 addressed by the Health and Medical Housing & Infrastructure Development Corporation, to the learned counsel. The said letter discloses the particulars of the employees including the petitioners who are kept as in charge Executive Engineers to the post of Executive Engineers. The learned G.P has also produced relevant copies of the posting orders of the petitioners to that effect. Apart from that, the above letter discloses that in compliance of the orders of this Court in W.P.M.P.No:37155 of 2007 in W.P.No:28440 of 2007, dated 31.12.2007, the relevant posting orders have been issued to the petitioners and therefore, the question of contempt does not arise. In view of the same, the contempt case is dismissed. No costs. However, the material placed before this Court along with Lr.No:104B/APHMHIDC/HRD-1/2011, dated 18.4.2011 shall be form part of the record. ____________________ Justice G. Chandraiah Date:19.04.2011 gurc. THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE G. CHANDRAIAH CONTEMPT CASE NO.1644 OF 2008 DATE:19.04.2011