AMARAVATI, India, May 1 -- Andhra Pradesh High Court issued the following order on March 31:

1. The above contempt case is filed complaining violation of the order dated 27.09.2024 in I.A.No.1 of 2024 in W.P.No.21576 of 2024.

2. The petitioner along with 2 others filed the above writ petition to declare the action of the respondents 4 and 6 viz. the District Coordinator of Hospital Services and Datla Subba Raju, MLA, Mummidivaram Constituency in directing the petitioner orally not to attend the duties from 01.10.2024 onwards in the 5th respondent-Community Health Centre (CHC), T.Kothapalli, I.Polavaram Mandal, Dr.B.R.Ambedkar Konaseema District, as illegal and arbitrary.

3. An interim order was passed directing the 4th respondent, District Coordinator of Hospital Services, to continue the services of the petitioner as per the terms and conditions of their appointment/contract. While granting an interim order, it was observed that the 7th respondent, Security Services Agency, provided the services of the petitioner as the sanitation worker in CHC, T.Kothapalli village and the 6th respondent-MLA addressed a letter dated 09.09.2024 to the 4th respondent to remove the petitioner and others and thereafter, the 4th respondent orally directed the petitioner and others not to attend the duties. In those facts and circumstances, this Court granted an interim order.

4. In the affidavit filed in support of the contempt case, it was pleaded that after the interim order, the petitioner was continued till 02.02.2025, and thereafter, the Superintendent of CHC, T.Kothapalli orally directed the petitioner not to attend the duties from 03.02.2025.

5. The above contempt case was filed on 20.02.2025.

6. Initially, the 2nd respondent Dr.K.Karthik Reddy, filed counter affidavit. It was contended, inter alia, that the petitioner was appointed on a contract basis by the security agency. The 2nd respondent-contemnor is not the competent authority to appoint the petitioner or disengage her services. The Superintendent, CHC, entered into an agreement with TVT Group to provide certain services to the hospital. The said agency provided different services to the hospital as per the agreement. In the Area Hospitals, 100- bedded 2 hospitals, for which the manpower of 18 Sanitation workers to each hospital; 50-bedded hospitals to which 9 sanitation workers to each hospital and 30-bedded hospitals to which 7 sanitation workers to each hospital, are being supplied by the agency. After the interim order, the petitioner was continued till the end of January, 2025. After receipt of notice in the contempt case, the 2nd respondent enquired about the petitioner, and the agency informed that the petitioner herself had absented due to her personal reasons. The petitioner absented for 10 days in November 2024 and 3 days in December 2024, without any prior intimation.

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