Andhra Pradesh HC Sentences 8 IAS Officers To Jail For Contempt Of Court, Revises Order Post Apology

The High Court also directed the accused to bear the one-day cost of the court.

Andhra Pradesh High Court (Image: ABP Desam)

New Delhi: The Andhra Pradesh High Court sentenced eight Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers to two weeks in jail in a contempt of court case on Thursday. However, after seeking an apology, the court altered the judgement and ordered them to serve one day every month in social welfare services for a year.

The high court expressed anger over Panchayat Raj principal secretary G. K. Dwivedi, Girijasankar, school education principal secretary B. Rajasekhar, its commissioner Chinna Veerabhadrudu, higher education secretary J. Shyamala Rao, its former director Vijay Kumar, present director M. M. Naik appeared and municipal administration and urban development principal secretary Y. Srilakshmi for failing to follow the court's order.

On Thursday, the High Court was hearing a contempt of court case for failing to follow court directives. Following the trial, the court heard arguments from both sides and sentenced eight senior IAS officers in the state to two weeks in prison.

The HC punished the authorities for failing to follow its directions to remove village and ward secretariats from government schools. It was noted that the officials purposefully failed to carry out the directives issued a year back, thereby, committing contempt of court.

The High Court also directed the accused to bear the one-day cost of the court.

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