HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR CONTEMPT CASE No.20 of 2010 in W.P. No.14662 of 2004 Date: November 10, 2010 Between: S. Saraiah … Petitioner And Ch. Bakkaiah, Depot Manager, APSRTC, Kothagudem Depot, Kothagudem, Khammam District. … Respondent * * * HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR CONTEMPT CASE No.20 of 2010 in W.P. No.14662 of 2004 ORDER: By order dated 18.8.2004, a learned Judge of this Court disposed of W.P. No.14662 of 2004 directing the Depot Manager, Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation, Kothagudem Depot, Kothagudem, Khammam District, to consider the representation of the petitioner vis-à-vis restoration of his increments and pass appropriate orders according to rules by taking note as to whether the increments due to the petitioner were released after the period of punishment of stoppage of increments without cumulative effect, within two months from the date of receipt of a copy of the order. 2. It is stated by Sri P. Govinda Rajulu, learned counsel for the petitioner, that this order has been complied with by the APSRTC under proceedings dated 27.02.2010. In the counter and additional counter affidavits filed by the Depot Manager of the APSRTC’s Kothagudem Depot, it is stated that he took charge of the said post only on 25.02.2010 and upon being informed of this case, he took steps immediately to see that the order is complied with. As regards the delay in communicating the proceedings dated 27.02.2010 to the petitioner, it is stated that a mistake occurred on the part of his clerk. The Depot Manager submitted his apology in this regard. 3. In so far as the delay in complying with the order is concerned, the facts aforestated demonstrate that the present Depot Manager came to occupy the post only in February, 2010. As the order stands implemented at least at this stage, this Court is not desirous of initiating a witch-hunt to affix the responsibility for the delay upon the incumbents who had earlier occupied the post of Depot Manager, Kothagudem Depot and who may have also retired from service. 4. Sri P. Govinda Rajulu, learned counsel, states that his client is not satisfied with the proceedings dated 27.02.2010 issued in compliance with the order passed by this Court in W.P. No.14662 of 2004. Be that as it may, the facts stated supra demonstrate that no wilful or deliberate disobedience is manifest in so far as the present Depot Manager of the APSRTC’s Kothagudem Depot is concerned. 5. The contempt case is accordingly closed, leaving it open to the petitioner to agitate his grievance, if any, in connection with the proceedings dated 27.02.2010 separately. ____________________ SANJAY KUMAR, J Date: November 10, 2010. BSB