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 SUDDALA CHALAPATHI RAO LETTER PATENT APPEAL Nos.3, 6, 7 & 8 of 2024 DATE: 26.03.2026 Between:

Smt. Anita Ramachandran I.A.S.

…Appellant AND M.Ravinder Reddy, S/o. Bapu Reddy and others.

…Respondents

COMMON JUDGMENT:

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

Heard Mr. S.Rahul Reddy, learned Special Government Pleader

appearing on behalf of the learned Additional Advocate General for the

appellant; and Mr. Prabhakar Chikkudu, learned counsel for the

respondents.

2. Since the issue involved and the factual matrix being common in all these appeals, they are heard together and decided by this Common Judgment.

3. For convenience, the facts in Letter Patent Appeal No.3 of 2024 are discussed hereunder.

4. The instant appeal under Section 15 of the Letter Patents Act is filed by the appellant challenging the order passed by the learned Single Judge in C.C.No.806 of 2023, decided on 30.07.2024.

5. The facts of the case are that the writ petitioners (respondent Nos.1 to 6) have originally filed a writ petition before learned Single Judge bearing W.P.No.35664 of 2017. The said writ petition was disposed of on 09.12.2022 setting aside the impugned order dated 27.10.2016 of proceedings bearing No.37/CPR&RE/C2/2015. The learned Single Judge directed the respondents (Government authorities) to consider the case of the petitioners for regularization of their services in accordance with law in the light of various judgments of the Hon’ble Supreme Court. The authorities were given two months from the date of receipt of the order to pass appropriate orders and communicate the decision to the petitioners. For ready reference paragraph No.27 W.P.No.35664 of 2017 is reproduced hereunder, viz., “27. Taking into consideration the above referred facts and circumstances and in view of the observations of the Apex Court in various judgments referred to and discussed above, the writ petition is allowed duly setting aside the order impugned in Procgs No.37/CPR&RE/C2/2015, dated 27.10.2016 and the respondents while continuously engaging the services of the petitioners herein are henceforth directed to consider the case of the petitioners for regularization of their services in accordance to law, in the posts whose work they are discharging now in the light of the various judgments of the Apex Court referred to and discussed above and pass appropriate orders, within a period of two months from the date of receipt of copy of this order duly communicating the decision to the petitioner. However, there shall be no order as to costs.”

6. In compliance with the learned Single Judge’s order dated 09.12.2022, the then Director, Panchayat Raj and Rural Employment examined the matter in accordance with the Telangana State Policy on regularization and the orders of the Hon’ble Supreme Court. On 03.02.2023, proceedings were issued rejecting the request for regularization of services of respondent Nos.1 to 6 with reasons for the rejection. Aggrieved, the respondent Nos.1 to 6 filed a Contempt Case bearing C.C.No.806 of 2023 seeking to punish the respondents (Government authorities) for willful violation and deliberate disobedience of the Court's order dated 09.12.2022. For ready reference, the operative part of C.C.No.806 of 2023 is reproduced hereunder, viz., “20.………The respondents are directed to forthwith re-consider the proceedings Nos.37/CPR&RE/C2/2018-1, dated 03.02.2023 issued in compliance to the orders of this Court, dated 09.12.2022 passed in W.P.No. 35664 of 2017 and rectify and remedy the said orders and pass appropriate reasoned speaking orders implementing the orders of this Court dated 09.12.2022 passed in W.P.No.35664 of 2017 in true spirit within a period of two (02) weeks from the date of receipt of copy of this order and duly communicate the decision to the petitioners. Though, this Court is convinced that the respondents have deliberately vi