THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE PULLA KARTHIK

CONTEMPT CASE No.827 OF 2025

ORDER:

Alleging willful disobedience of the order dated 21.03.2025

passed by this Court in W.P. No.8647 of 2025, the present

Contempt Case is filed.

2) Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Mohammad Imran Khan, learned Additional Advocate General

appearing for the sole respondent.

3) Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that questioning the legality of the proceedings in Case No.S1/565/2025 pending before the respondent herein, petitioner has filed W.P. No.8647 of 2025. On 21.03.2025, this Court, while issuing notice before admission in the said writ petition, has granted interim stay of all further proceedings in Appeal No.S1/565/2025 pending on the file of the respondent herein. Despite the same, respondent has proceeded further in the matter and passed final orders by putting ante date and the same can be drawn inference from the fact that the said order was posted to the

petitioner only on 25.03.2025 i.e. after passing of the interim orders by this Court. Hence, the learned counsel has contended that the respondent has grossly violated the orders of this Court dated 21.03.2025.

4) Per contra, the learned Additional Advocate General has contended that on 18.03.2025 i.e. three days prior to the orders of this Court dated 21.03.2025, itself the respondent authority has passed final orders in the matter remanding the matter back to the Collector and District Magistrate, Medchal-Malkajgiri District, for fresh de-novo enquiry. Learned Additional Advocate General has strenuously condemned the allegation made by the petitioner that the respondent passed the order dated 18.03.2025 by putting ante date and the petitioner was asked for strict proof of the same. It is further submitted the Office of the sole respondent may take some time in dispatching the order dated 18.03.2025, but the same cannot be the conclusive proof that the orders were passed by putting ante date. Hence, it is prayed to close the contempt case.

5) Heard both sides and perused the material on record.

6) It is an admitted fact by both the counsel that on 18.03.2025 arguments of both the parties were heard by the sole respondent. Admittedly, this Court passed interim order on 21.03.2025, by which time, the sole respondent has already disposed of the matter on 18.03.2025 itself. The only contention of the petitioner is that the order copy was dispatched to him on 25.03.2025, which evidences that the matter was disposed of by the sole respondent after passing of interim orders by this Court on 21.03.2025. However, this Court is not in agreement with the said contention. Mere delay in dispatch of the order cannot be construed as passing of orders by putting ante date.

7) Therefore, this Court is of the view that the petitioner has not established before this Court any disobedience, much less willful disobedience, of the orders of this Court by the sole respondent.

8) For the afore-mentioned reasons, the present Contempt Case is closed.

____________________ PULLA KARTHIK, J Date : 18-09-2025 sur