THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY Contempt Case No.365 of 2010 Dated 9th April, 2010 Between: B.Jaganmohan Rao …Petitioner And Prasad Reddy.P.V.G.D. Registrar, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam …Respondent Counsel for the petitioner : Sri L.V.S.Nagaraju Counsel for the respondent : Mr.M.V.Rajaram, SC for Andhra University The Court made the following: ORDER: This Contempt Case is filed alleging wilful disobedience of order, dated 01-05-2009, in W.P.No.9663 of 2009. By the said order, this Court directed respondent No.2 to dispose of the petitioner’s representation made for payment of accumulated earned leave salary within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of the order. After the Contempt Case was adjourned on two occasions, Sri M.V.Raja Ram, learned Counsel for the respondent, placed before the Court order, dated 07-04-2010, passed by the respondent whereby he rejected the petitioner’s request for encashment of earned leave salary. In view of the said order, the Contempt Case is liable to be closed. However, before closing the Contempt Case, it is necessary to observe that though four weeks time was stipulated for disposal of the petitioner’s representation, the respondent has not complied with the said stipulation. Indeed he has taken nearly one year to comply with the order of this Court. When a time limit is specified by the Court, it is the bounden duty of the public functionary to adhere to the same. If there is no possibility of such adherence, he is required to file an appropriate application for extension of time. The respondent failed to follow this procedure. The learned Counsel for the respondent sought to explain the reasons for non- adherence to the time limit. Though this Court is not convinced with the explanation, the Contempt Case is being closed with the hope that the respondent will not repeat this lapse in future. The petitioner is entitled to question the order passed by the respondent rejecting his request by availing appropriate remedy. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Dated 9th April, 2010 lur