IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE P.SAM KOSHY AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NARSING RAO NANDIKONDA CONTEMPT APPEAL No.7 of 2025 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 20.02.2026 Between :

Sri Aravind Kumar, IAS, Principal Secretary, Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department, State of Telangana, Secretariat, Hyderabad and another.

…Petitioners AND S. Ram Reddy, S/o. Late S. Ram Reddy, Indian, Aged about 62 years, Occ: Business, R/o. H.No.83684/1/15, Road No.12, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad.

…Respondent

JUDGMENT:

(per the Hon’ble Sri Justice P. Sam Koshy)

Heard Mr. Pottigari Sridhar Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioners; and Mr. K.Durga Prasad, learned counsel for the respondent.

2. The present appeal is one which has been filed by the petitioners assailing the order dated 09.06.2025, in C.C.No.1043 of

2023, passed by the learned Single Bench of this Court.

3. The petitioners herein are the contemnors in C.C.No.1043 of

2023.

4. For proper understanding of the dispute, it would be relevant at this juncture to take note of the operative part of the order passed by the learned Single Bench in C.C.No.1043 of 2023. For ready reference, paragraph No.8 i.e. t