By S A Ishaqui
Hyderabad, March 19: The Andhra Pardesh High Court on Wednesday observed that the IAS officers are not superior than the court. Justice Ramesh Ranganathan issued non bailable warrant against Mr Anilkumar Singhal, former collector of Visakhapatnam district for not appearing before the court despite notices issued to appear.
Earlier, the court issued notices to R. Sudhakar, chief executive officer, Society for Training and Employment Promotion, A.K. Singhal, former collector and G. Anantha Ramu, chairman and managing director, AP Society for Training and Employment Promotion, to appear before it in a contempt petition filed by R. Surya Rao, loans inspector of the Society for Training and Employment Promotion.
Mr Ramanuja Chari, counsel for the respondents submitted to the court that the earlier orders of the court were complied by the respondents and the arrears paid to the petitioner. He also said that there was a clerical error in the calculation of arrears and for that a senior officer need not appear before the court.
Mr Chari also cited recent directions of the Supreme Court with regard to frequently summoning of senior officers to the court for simple reasons. The judge did not agree with Mr Chari’s contention and said that whenever the court felt there was a need of the presence of a senior officer, he or she should be present before the court and answer the queries.
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