THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED and THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE K.G.SHANKAR CONTEMPT CASE No.556 of 2008 ORDER: (per Hon’ble Sri Justice Ghulam Mohammed) This Contempt Case is filed alleging wilful disobedience of the order of this Court dated 05.03.2007 in W.A.No.153 of 2007. The petitioner filed the Writ Petition for a mandamus to declare the action of the A.P.State Meat & Poultry Development Corporation Limited (for short ‘the Corporation’), in removing him from service vide proceedings dated 05.06.1996, as illegal and arbitrary. This Court, by order dated 14.11.2006, disposed of the Writ Petition directing the Corporation to consider the application of the petitioner dated 06.02.1997 and extend the same benefit as was extended to one C.Vittal, L.D.C., and pass appropriate orders within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of the order. Aggrieved thereby, the Corporation filed W.A.No.153 of 2007. This Court, by order dated 05.03.2007, while observing that no explanation was available on record as to how the petitioner’s case was different from that of the other employee, who was found guilty for misappropriation but was reinstated into service, dismissed the Writ Appeal. Complaining that the order of the learned Single Judge dated 14.11.2006 has not been complied with, the petitioner has filed the present Contempt Case. Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that while the case of one C.Vittal, L.D.C., who was found guilty for misappropriation, was considered by the Corporation and was reinstated into service, the petitioner was not extended the said benefit. Sri V.V.N.Narayana Rao, learned Counsel appearing for the Corporation, submits that while the case of the said C.Vittal, L.D.C., was considered, the Corporation was in existence and that it had taken a lenient view and reinstated him into service, but by the time the petitioner’s case came up for consideration before the Corporation, it had become defunct. He further submits that the petitioner’s case was considered, pursuant to the order of the learned Single Judge dated 14.11.2006, and rejected observing that as the Corporation had become defunct, all the staff of the Poultry Wing of the Corporation were discharged under Voluntary Retirement Scheme/Industrial Disputes Act. Learned Counsel relied on Lalith Mathur v. L. Maheswara Rao[1], to contend that the petitioner ought to have challenged the rejection order in a fresh Writ Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India instead of taking recourse to contempt proceedings. In view of the submissions made by Sri V.V.N.Narayana Rao, learned Counsel appearing for the Corporation, that the Corporation closed the poultry wing and had discharged 387 employees under Voluntary Retirement Scheme/Industrial Disputes Act, we do find any reason to proceed with the Contempt Case. The Contempt Case is accordingly closed. GHULAM MOHAMMED,J K.G.SHANKAR,J Dt:01.03.2011 usd [1] (2000) 10 SCC 285