Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has directed the deputy collector to disregard the orders of the Andhra Pradesh High Court. Deputy Collector Tata Mohan Rao worked to demolish the slums as Tehsildar in Guntur district, while the Supreme Court had stayed any such step. People living in demolished huts were displaced. After the direction of the Supreme Court, Rao has been sent again to the post of Tehsildar from Deputy Collector.
This decision has been given by a bench of Justice BR Gawai and AG Christ. The court has also imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh on them. Confirming the decision of the Andhra Pradesh High Court for convicting the deputy collector for contempt of the court, the apex court ordered, “We have been informed that the petitioner has been promoted as deputy collector in 2023. We direct the state state to return the petitioner to the post of Tehsildar.” The court clarified that no person can disregard the orders of the court, even if it is a highly placed officer.
He heard 2 months sentence
The Andhra Pradesh High Court found the deputy collector guilty and sentenced to 2 months. On this, the Deputy Collector filed a petition in the Supreme Court against the order of the High Court. The Supreme Court, while hearing the case, ruled against him. Meanwhile, Justice Gawai said, “We want the message to go all over the country that no matter how high you are. You cannot disregard the orders of this court.”
Slums were demolished
When Deputy Collector Tata Mohan Rao was on the Tehsildar, he demolished the slums in Guntur district. On this action, the court said that the petitioner should have thought all this when he broke the houses of the people living in the hut and thrown it on the road. The court said that their children and family should not suffer due to the stubborn and harsh attitude of the petitioner. If he gets a sentence of two months of imprisonment, he will also lose his job. Therefore, they are being fined with demot.
Told the court that this message should be sent from this that no matter how high he is, it is not above the law. Even the person sitting on the constitutional post, no matter how high he is, it is mandatory to follow the orders of the court and disregard the orders of the court, the attack on the basis of the rule of law on which our democracy is based.