IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 1671 of 2009 Between: R.S.R. Gurunath Rednam S/o.R.Ramanand S.V.L.N.S. Vidyapeeth Junior College, Gopalapatnam, Visakhapatnam R/o. Visakhapatnam District. ..... PETITIONER AND The Regional Joint Director of Intermediate Education, Government Arts College Campus, Rajahmundry. .....RESPONDENT Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue a Writ or Order more in nature of Mandamus in declaring the action in declaring the action of the respondent in not disposing the appeal of the petitioner as illegal, arbitrary, unjust and consequentially direct the respondent to dispose the appeal dated 5.8.2002, and his recent representations dated 14.12.06 and 14.10.08, and pass such other orders or order. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.K.R.SRINIVAS Counsel for the Respondent: GP FOR EDUCATION The Court made the following : ORDER: The petitioner is a Physical Director in S.V.L.N.S. Vidyapeeth Junior College, Gopalapatnam, Visakhapatnam. The correspondent of the college issued charge memo dated 5.11.1999. The petitioner submitted explanation to the charge memo. The correspondent claims to have conducted an enquiry, and thereafter, proceeded to impose punishment of deferment of one increment with cumulative effect. Aggrieved by the order passed by the correspondent, the petitioner filed an appeal before the respondent on 5.08.2002. The appeal is stated to pending for consideration. The petitioner sent representations to the respondent to pass necessary orders on the the appeal filed by him. There being no response to his representations, he approached this Court invoking the jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. When the writ petition came up for admission, learned Government Pleader for Higher Education received notice on behalf of the respondent. The factual aspect of petitioner filing an appeal before the respondent is not contradicted by the learned Government Pleader for Higher Education. In that view of the matter, the writ petition is disposed of at the admission stage directing the respondent to consider the appeal filed by the petitioner and pass appropriate orders within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. _________________________ (B. Seshasayana Reddy, J.) 3rd February, 2009 Js. C.C. in one week