IN THE HIGH COURT JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD FRIDAY, THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND ELEVEN PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE G.CHANDRAIAH C.C. No.1706 of 2010 Between: Sri Y.Eswar Reddy … Petitioner and Sri G.Anantha Ramu Managing Director, A.P.State Cooperative Marketing Federation Limited, Parishram Bhavan, Basheerbagh, Hyderabad. … Respondent THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE G.CHANDRAIAH C.C. No.1706 of 2010 ORDER: This contempt case has been filed complaining that the respondent deliberately and intentionally violated the order dated 13.07.2005 passed in W.P. No.21291 of 1999 by this Court. Brief facts of the case are that the petitioner filed W.P. No.21291 of 1999 seeking to declare the proceedings dated 06.09.1999 in not paying the ex gratia during the period of suspension and also not paying the gratuity in accordance with the provisions of payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 as illegal and arbitrary and consequently sought direction to the respondent to pay the ex gratia during the period of suspension i.e. 12.03.1985 to 08.04.1985 and 13.09.1985 to 08.11.1990 for payment of ex gratia under the Voluntary Retirement Scheme and also to pay the difference of Gratuity together with interest and costs. This Court by order dated 13.07.2005 passed the following order: “In the result, the Writ Petition is allowed and the impugned order insofar as not treating the period from 12-3-1985 to 8-4-1985 and 13-9-1985 to 8-11- 1990 as continuous is concerned, is set aside. The respondent is directed to treat the period from 12-3- 1985 to 8-4-1985 and 13-9-1985 to 8-11-1990 as continuation period for the purpose of reckoning the benefits (exgratia etc.) under the Voluntary Retirement Scheme under which the petitioner retired with effect from 31-1-1999. The petitioner is also entitled for the gratuity as per the provisions of the Payment of Gratuity (Amendment) Act, 1998. The respondent shall pass appropriate orders, in this regard, within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. (*) :Further, in view of the Judgment of the Apex court in H.GANGA HANUME GOUDA, VS. KARNATAKA AGRO INDUSTRIES LIMITED (2003 (4) SCC 40) the petitioner is also entitled for interest at 6% per annum on the gratuity amount to which he is entitled to, from the date it became payable till the date of payment”. No order as to costs. Complaining that the respondent did not comply with the said order, deliberately and intentionally, and thereby committed violation of the said order passed by this Court. Hence, he filed the present contempt case stating that the respondent filed W.A. No.2380 of 2005 as against the said order and this Court did not grant any stay in the said appeal and the same is pending. It is also submitted that he made representation, duly enclosing the order copy, to the authorities requesting to pay the benefits to which he is entitled to, however, the respondent did not take any steps. Therefore, he got issued a legal notice dated 14.09.2010 requesting the respondent to pay the amounts as ordered by this Court in the said writ petition but there is no action on the part of the respondent in implementing the order of this Court. The learned standing counsel appearing for the respondent Federation placed a copy of the letter dated 13.10.2011 of the Managing Director of the Federation wherein it is informed to the counsel and as well as to the petitioner that full and final settlement of remaining retirement benefits of the petitioner have been settled duly taking undertakings from the petitioner. It is further informed that the amounts agreed to are handed over to the petitioner and the petitioner has given undertaking to withdraw the present contempt case. Therefore, the learned standing counsel, while supplying a copy of the said letter to the counsel for the petitioner, requested to close the present contempt case and the learned counsel for the petitioner conceded to close the contempt case. In view of the above, this contempt case is closed. There shall be no order as to costs. ________________________ JUSTICE G.CHANDRAIAH Date: 14.10.2011 LSK