The court allows the appellant's appeal and extends the interim order in a contempt case due to no response from the respondent.

lN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI MONDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF AUGUST, TWOTHOUSANDANDTWENTYFIVE

:PRESENT:

HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE R RAGHUNANDAN RAO `+iaJ,_,, AND HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T.C.D.SEKHAR -#<;

CONTEMPT APPEAL NO= 1 OF 2025 J~

`to.J Between :

Smt. D.Haritha, lAS, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation of Tirupati, Tirupati Balaji District.

I ...Appellant/Respondent in CC -AND Garapati Venkata Rama Krishna Rao, S/o Late G.L.Narasimha Rao, Age 82 years, R/o Villa No 64, Lakshmi Vihar, Phase-II, Serilingampally, Hyderabad-

500019-

...Respondent/Petitioner in CC Petition under Section 19 of Contempt of Courts Act ,1971, praying that in the circumstances stated in the grounds filed in support of the Appeal, the High Court may be pleased to allow the Contempt Appeal by setting aside the Order dated 07.03.2025 passed in a.C.No.177 of 2024 by the Learned Single Judge to the extent of imposing a fine of Rs.2,000/- (Rupees Two Thousand Only) and simple imprisonment for a period of one (o1 ) Month.

!ANO:1 OF 2025 Petition under Section 19 (2) (a) of Contempt of Court Act praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the High Court may be pleased to grant stay of operation of the Judgment in CC.No.177 of 2024, dt:07.03.2025., Pending disposal of CA 1 of 2025, on the file of the High Court.

The Appeal coming on for hearing, upon perusing the appeal and the memorandum of grounds filed in support thereof and the orders of the High Court dated 27.03.2025, 21.07.2025 & 28.07.2025 inade herein and upon z, I having observed that there is no appearance for the Respondent, the Court made the following i ORDER:

[fNo appearance for the respondent.

Post on 01.09.2025.

Interim direction granted earlier shall stand extended till .~-i-_ '