Khammam collector tenders apology to HC

Hyderabad: Khammam district collector RV Karnan, who incurred the wrath of HC for using intemperate language against a single judge of the court, appeared before a bench of Chief Justice Hima Kohli and Justice B Vijaysen Reddy and tendered apology for his actions like not implementing the court order and passing insinuatory remarks against a single judge.
He said he was setting right the anomalies in distribution of government schemes that became the basis for contempt case against him. He also filed an amended affidavit duly removing the allegations he made against the single judge. After accepting his apology, the bench provided some relief to the collector by setting aside the penalty imposed earlier by the single judge.
Earlier, a single judge had found fault with the IAS officer for not implementing a court order asking him to consider the representation of a citizen to curb misuse of government schemes and imposed a penalty of Rs 500 on him. The IAS officer preferred an appeal in the HC and made an allegation that the single judge had acted with a pre-determined mind. CJ bench earlier turned furious on the bureaucrat and warned him of a fresh contempt case. On Wednesday he appeared before the court and filed an amended affidavit duly removing the paras where he made insinuations against single judge and apologized. Bench accepted his apology, set aside the Rs 500 penalty, and allowed him to purge himself from the contempt case.
A bench headed by CJ Kohli turned furious towards the collector and state counsel for trying to defend him after the faux pas. The collector apologised for his action