IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD MONDAY THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND SIX : PRESENT: THE HON’BLE SRI.JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN CONTEMPT CASE No.571 of 1998 (Contempt case under section 10 to 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act to punish the Respondents herein under the Provisions of Contempt of Courts Act for the willful disobedience in implementing the order of the High Court dated 26-03-1997 in W.P.No. 1067 of 1990) Between: 1. Dr. K. V. Subba Rao 2. R. Swaminathan 3. P. Umamaheswara Rao 4. K.M. Viswanadiah 5. M. Ranganadha Rao 6. Dr. D. Jeebala Rao 7. Dr. P. Suryanarayana 8. S. Tiruvengalam 9. V. Singappa 10. T.B. Krishna Swamy 11. B.S. Chowdhary 12. Dr. Chinni Taruniayya 13. K. Subrahmanyam 14. N. Lakshminarayana 15. B. Nagabhushana Rao 16. M. Muthu Krishnudu 17. R. Giri Rao 18. S.I. Quadri 19. Md. Nizamuddin 20. B. Ramakrishna Rao ..Petitioners (Petitioners 5 and 13 are not intending to join in this case.) AND 1. Sri A.K. Goyal, I.AS., Secretary, State of Andhra Pradesh, Education Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2. Prof. V. Ranga Rao, Registrar, Jawaharlal Nehru Technolgoical University, Rep: by its Registrar, Masab Tank, Hyderabad. … Respondents (Name of the R2 amended as per Court Order dt. 15-03-2001 in Appl. 196/2001) ..2.. . The Contempt Case coming on for hearing upon perusing the Case and affidavit filed herein and the order of the High Court dated: 03-09-2003 & 26- 12-2003 made herein and upon hearing the arguments of Sri V. Jogayya Sarma, Advocate for the petitioners and of Sri C. Kodanda Ram, Standing Counsel for the respondent No. 2, and of the G.P. for Higher Education, for the respondent No. 1, the Court made the following ORDER: “An affidavit is filed by Dr. K. Lal Kishore, Registrar, J.N.T. University today i.e. on 27-03-2006 wherein it is stated that the Government was pleased to sanction funds by increasing grant-in-aid to the University for the year 2006-2007, that the said grant/aid was sanctioned a few days ago and that the amount would be received soon and immediately thereafter the University would give the benefit of Revised Pension Rules 1980 to all the petitioners and comply with the court orders. It is also stated that the exercise of paying benefits along with the arrears to the petitioners would take two months time. A specific request is made that this Court may close the contempt case recording the undertaking of the University to implement the orders of this Court by paying benefits conferred under the Revised Pension Rules within two months from today. I am not inclined to accept the plea of the respondent that the contempt case should be closed inasmuch as their previous conduct in failure to comply with the orders of this Court, for more than eight years, leaves much to be desired. Recording the undertaking of Dr. K. Lal Kishore, Registrar, J.N.T.U. that the orders of this Court in WP. No. 3101 of 1990 dated: 26-03-1997 would be complied within two months from today, the Contempt Case is posted for orders on 9th June 2006”. DEPUTY REGISTRAR //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER To 1. Sri A.K. Goyal, I.AS. Secretary, Education Department, State of Andhra Pradesh, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2. Sri Prof. V. Ranga Rao, the Registrar, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Masab Tank, Hyderabad. (ADDRESSEES 1 & 2 BY SPECIAL MESSENGER ) 3. Dr. K. Lal Kishore, Registrar, J.N.T. University, Hyderabad. 4. Two CCs to the G.P. for Higher Education, High Court of A.P., Hyd. (OUT) 5. One spare copy. Ksv HIGH COURT Ksv Date of drafting: 28-03-2006 RRJ DATE: 27-03-2006 NOTE: POST THE CC FOR ORDERS ON 9TH JUNE 2006 ORDER CC. NO. 571 of 1998 DIRECTION