The AP High Court will hear a number of contempt cases against senior IAS officers on November 13
The main disputes in the petitions revolve around complex service matters.
The Andhra Pradesh High Court will begin further proceedings on Friday, November 13, in a series of high-profile contempt cases involving multiple serving and retired senior IAS officers and top government bureaucrats over alleged willful non-implementation of long-standing court orders.
The matter was posted on 13 November for further proceedings during the hearing on 30 October 2026 by a Division Bench comprising Justice Ravi Nath Tilhari and Justice Alapati Giridhar.
The Contempt Petitions, comprising Contempt Cases No. 4593 of 2022, 189, 750, 861, 908 of 2019 and 68 of 2020, were filed by various Government Employees Associations, Retired Officials and individual petitioners (including employees of the Secretariat, Housing Engineers of T&B, R&B
The applicants allege willful disobedience and disregard of the common judgments and orders passed by the High Court in December 2018 (as WP No. 43051 of 2016 and WP No. 4415 of 2016) and subsequent writ appeals. The main disputes revolve around complex service matters, including: the creation and placement of redundant sites; application of interstate seniority rules; introduction of service benefits for state government and staff of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD).
During earlier hearings, the Advocate General representing the defendant authorities stated that steps were actively being taken to comply with the court’s directives. However, the state pointed to administrative difficulties in quantifying vacancies, creating supernumerary posts and dealing with the complexities of interstate seniority, leading to requests for more time.
Despite the assurances and prior adjournments, counsel for the petitioners argued that the main judicial mandates remained unfulfilled, leaving the contempt proceedings active.
In its October 30 order, the Supreme Court noted that the guidelines on physical appearance and notices in Form I were earlier issued to the respondents under coordinated orders. The court granted the newly accused respondents two weeks to file their respective counter-affidavits. Opponents who had already filed a counter-affidavit had to appear physically in court on the next day of hearing.
Published – 10 Nov 2026 21:09 IST