THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P.SAM KOSHY AND THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE SUDDALA CHALAPATHI RAO CONTEMPT CASE Nos.1577 and 1588 of 2017 COMMON ORDER : (per Hon’ble Sri Justice P.Sam Koshy)

Heard Mr.P.Raghavendra Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioners and Mr.S.Rahul Reddy, learned Special Government Pleader attached to the office of learned Advocate General appearing for respondent-officers and perused the record.

2. These are two Contempt Cases which had come before this Court against the so-called non compliance of orders passed in W.P.No.1225 of 2016 and W.P. No. 41797 of 2015 both of which having got disposed of on 19.04.2017 and 06.03.2017 respectively. 3. Vide the said two orders in the writ petitions, there was a specific direction to the respondents to regularize services of the petitioners in accordance with the G.O.Ms.No.212, dated 22.04.1994 issued by the Government on their fulfilling the requisite eligibility criteria and also on their completion of five years continuous service against the sanctioned vacant posts. The orders of the High Court was subjected to challenge before the Hon’ble Supreme Court vide SLP(C) No. 13813 of 2018 which got dismissed on 23.07.2024 with a direction to ensure the implementation of the aforesaid orders. Meanwhile, however, for non-compliance, these Contempt Cases were filed.

4. On the previous dates of hearing, the learned counsel representing the State along with Contemnors, who, are present in the Court, had assured the Bench of making efforts in ensuring that the orders are complied with in its letter and spirit at the earliest.

The Court has granted then some time and fixed the matter today.

5. Today, again all the incumbent officers of the post attached are present in the Court along with their Counsel. The Contemnors have filed an affidavit dated 06.11.2025 showing the order of compliance made by the Court. In the order dated 24.10.2025, the respondents have issued proceedings regularizing the (85) persons with effect from the dates reflected against their name in the list i.e. on completion of five years of continuous service by these (85) persons.

6. Learned counsel for the respondent-Contemnors further has brought to the notice of the Court that the pay fixation also has been done in respect of these 85 persons and they have been granted notional fixation and seniority from actual of regularization till 06.03.2017 that was the date of WP.No.41797 of 2015 stood decided. Learned counsel for the respondents further has made it clear that the petitioners would be entitled for actual monetary benefit from 06.03.2017 on wards because on which date the judgment rendered by the High Court in the aforesaid writ petition. 7. During the course of deliberations, the learned State Government Counsel for the Contemnors on instructions from the Officers present in the Court has assured that every endeavour shall be made in ensuring that the actual monetary benefit is also released to the petitioners maximum within a period of (90) days from today. In addition, the Officers present in the Court have also through their Counsel informed that so far as the persons who have also stood retired/expired during the intervening period, the respondents shall make an endeavour in ensuring that the monetary benefits flowing from the order of regularization is actually released to them within a period of four weeks. So far as the remaining petitioners are concerned, learned Counsel has assured the respondents should positively make the payments within (90)

days period assured.

8. With the aforesaid observations and directions, these Contempt Cases stand disposed of. The respondents stand discharged from the contempt proceedings. Their presence also stands dispensed with. No costs.

Consequently, miscellaneous applications pending, if any, in both the cases shall stand closed.

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P.SAM KOSHY, J _______________________________ SUDDALA CHALAPATHI RAO, J

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