IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD WEDNESDAY THE SIXTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR : PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE: J. CHELAMESWAR AND THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE : GODA RAGHURAM CONTEMPT CASE NO. 312 OF 2004 (Contempt Case U/s 10 to 12 of Contempt of Courts Act to summon the respondent and punish him for violating the orders of this Ho’ble Court in Writ Petition No. 12272 of 2003, dated 29-8-2003.) Between: C. Kishan Rao ..Petitioner AND Secretary to Government, Pancnayat Raj & Rural Development Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh, A.P. Secretariat, Hyderabad. Respondent The Contempt Case coming on for hearing upon perusing the Case and affidavit filed herein and order of High Court dt.28-6-2004 & 1-9-2004 and made herein and upon hearing the arguments of Mr. Pratap Narayan Sanghi, Advocate for the Petitioner and of the Advocate General on behalf of respondent , the Court made the following ORDER: Pursuant to the notice dated 01-09-2004 he sole respondent is present in the Court. The learned Advocate General appearing for the sole respondent request two weeks time to take appropriate steps in the matter. Having regard to the over all situation and the facts and circumstances of the case, in particular that the petitioner was allowed to retire from service during the pendency of the criminal court, in which eventually he was found guilty of the charge of corruption and convicted for the same, we deem it appropriate to give two weeks time to take appropriate steps in the matter. Registry is directed to list the matter after two weeks. The presence of the sole respondent is dispensed with until further orders. DEPUTY REGISTRAR // True Copy// SECTION OFFICER To 1. Secretary to Government, Pancnayat Raj & Rural Development Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh, A.P. Secretariat, Hyderabad. (BY RPAD with a copy of petition and affidavit) 2. Two CCs to the Advocate, General, High Court of A.P., Hyd(OUT) 3. Two CCs to the Govt. Pleader for Services-II, High Court of A.P., Hyd(OUT) 4. Two spare copy TKK HIGH COURT JC.J & GR.J DATE: 6-10-2004. ORDER C.C. No. 312 OF 2004 DIRECTION HIGH COURT TKK Date of drafting: 7-10-2004. JC.J & GR.J DATE: 6-10-2004. ORDER C.C. No. 312 OF 2004 DIRECTION