IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD TUESDAY, THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND ELEVEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR CONTEMPT CASE No.163 of 2011 (Contempt Case U/s. 10 to 12 of Contempt of Courts Act to punish the Respondent herein for violating, disobeying the Order of the High Court dated 13.12.2010 in WPMP.No.39412 of 2010 in WP.No.30980 of 2010.) BETWEEN Sri Chenna Kesava Educational Society, Prakasam District. ... PETITIONER AND Mr. Gangadharaiah, Regional Director, National Council for Teacher Education, Bangalore and another. ...RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner: MR. S. GIRIMOJI RAO Counsel for the Respondents: MR.P. VINAYAKA SWAMY The Court made the following: ORDER: The petitioner alleges disobedience to the order dated 13.12.2010 passed by this Court in WPMP.No.39412 of 2010 in WP.No.30980 of 2010. By the said order, this Court directed the National Council for Teacher Education to consider the petitioner’s representation dated 23.11.2010 at its next meeting, be it on 23.12.2010 or another date and to pass appropriate orders in accordance with law. 2. It is the case of the petitioner that in spite of the above order, its representation was not placed before the next meeting of the National Council for Teacher Education. 3. The Regional Director, National Council for Teacher Education, Southern Regional Committee, Bangalore, filed a counter stating that the petitioner’s case was also placed before the 199th Southern Regional Committee meeting held on 22 and 23 of December 2010 but due to paucity of time, its case could not be considered at the said meeting and was accordingly deferred to the next meeting. In the 200th meeting of the Southern Regional Committee held on 20 – 21 January 2011, the petitioner’s case was considered and notice was issued to it for complying with two deficiencies. 4. In the light of the averments made in the counter aforestated it cannot be said that there is any wilful disobedience to the orders of this Court. Though there was a specific direction to the National Council for Teacher Education to consider the petitioner’s representation at its next meeting, the failure on the part of the National Council for Teacher Education, Southern Regional Committee in not considering the same at its 199th meeting due to paucity of time does not amount to wilful and deliberate violation of the order of this Court warranting exercise of contempt jurisdiction. The contempt case is accordingly dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________ SANJAY KUMAR, J June 14, 2011 DSK