IN'IHE HIGI.I COUR'I'FOR THE S'I'AI"I| OF'I'EI,AN(;ANA AT HYDERABAD

(Ori ginal Jurisdiction)

TUESDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY" IWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY THREE ,/'

:PRESENT: THE HON'BLE SMT. JUSTICE LALITHA KANNEGANTI

CONTEMPT CASE NO: 1597 OF 2022

llc trveen:

\4r. Morthala Chander Rao, S/o. Ra.jeshwar Rao, General Secretary of Telangana Rythu Sanganl. Aged: 58 years, Occ: Farmer, R-io. H. No. 1-18, Vanjarapally Village, Sangam Mandal, Warangal Dist., Telangana.

Petitioner

AND

• ¹. Dr. 'fharun Joshi, Commissioner of Police, Mattewada, Warangal 506002.
• 2. i!{. Srinivas, Station House Officer (SHO), Police Station, A.J. Mills Colony, Warangal District.

Respondents/Contemnors

WHEREAS the petitioner has presented the Contempt Case under Sefons l0 to l2 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, through his counsel Smt. B.Rachna Reddy, praying the High ('oLrrt to punish the respondents/contemnors for wilful disobedience of the orders dated 01 .()4.2022. passed in W.P. No. 16884 of 2022:

^Counsel for thc petitioner S}I'I" B,RACHNA REDDY

Counsel for the Respondents : GOVT. PLEADER FOR HOME & LAW

WIIEI{EAS the said case coming on for hearing, and whereas the High Court, upon perLrsing the aftjdavit filed therein, and the ealier order dated 24-01-2023, made the followingl

ORDER:

"This Court on 24-01-2023 has passed orders stating that if the appr'olpriate action is not initiatcd or the relevant order is not placed before this Court, the Commissioner of Police shall appear before this Court on the next date of hearing.

'l oday, neither the suitable orders were passed nor the Commissioner of Police has appeared before this Court. It appears that the Commissioner has no respect to the orders ol the Court. When the contempt is filed before this Court, he is taking the same very casually that is what the approach of the Commissioner appears to be,

Post on 10-02-2023, finally. If appropriate orders are not passed by the next date of hearing, the Commissioner of Police shall be present before this Court."

//TRUE COPY//

SD/- M. MANJULA DEPUTY REGISTRAR

SECTION OFFICER

1

To,

• Dr. Tharun Joshi, Commissioner of Police, Mattewada, Warangal 506002 (BY SPEED POST)
• 2. Two CCs to G.P. for Home & Law, High Court of Telangana, at Hyderabad (OUT)
• 3. One CC to Smt. B. Rachna Reddy, Advocate (OPUC)
• 4. One Spare Copy

HIGH COURT

LK,J

DATE: 07-02-2023

NOTE: POST ON 10-02-2023

ORDER

C.C. NO. 1597 OF 2022

DIRECTION