L.S. Dhanalakshmi, v. Prof. P. Vijaya Lakshmi

THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE M.S.RAMACHANDRA RAO CONTEMPT CASE No.164 of 2016 ORDER:

This Contempt Case is filed alleging willful disobedience of the order dt.17-03-2015 in W.P.M.P.No.9044 of 2015 in W.P.No.6798 of 2015.

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The said order is:

"In case there re regular vacancies of Junior Assistants available, the 1st respondent university shall immediately consider the cases of all those temporarily employed Junior Assistants in the university taking into account the strict order of their length of engagement as such and pass appropriate orders regularizing their services vis-à-vis the existing vacancies. Let an appropriate order in this regard be passed and communicated to the petitioner within a maximum period of two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.

Notice."

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This order has been subsequently made absolute on 22-02-2018 in I.A.No.1 of 2016 in W.P.M.P.No.9044 of 2015 in W.P.No.6798 of 2015 observing that the direction in the interim application W.P.M.P.No.9044 of 2015 was only to pass an appropriate order and communicate it in two months and there is no reason why Padmavathi Mahila University refused to consider the case of petitioner and communicate its decision to the petitioner.

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Sri Vimal Varma, learned Standing Counsel appearing for the University states that the University has addressed letters dt.01-07-2017, 08-03-2018, 28-03-2018 and 13-09-2018 to the Special

MSRJ C.C.No.164 of 2016 Chief Secretary to Government, Higher Education Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh requesting to accord permission for regularization of the services of petitioner, that reply from the said Authority is awaited and the said information has also been furnished to the petitioner.

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In the said letter, the University has stated that it is requesting for regularization of services of the petitioner and others as there is remarkable expansion of administrative activities in the University by introduction of many new courses which resulted in additional work load on existing non-teaching employees, and even in the event of regularization, there would not be any financial commitment on the part of the Government as their salaries were already included in the Block Grant.

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Having regard to the said documents placed on record by the learned Standing Counsel, I am satisfied that there is no willful disobedience of the order passed by this Court in the above Writ Petition.

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Therefore, the Contempt Case is closed. No costs. 8.

Consequently, miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed.

___________________________ M.S.RAMACHANDRA RAO, J Date : 29-11-2018 Vsv