THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE BILAL NAZKI AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO WRIT PETITION No.713 of 2007 DATED 03-04-2007 Between: S.Jagadeshwar Rao …Petitioner And The Disciplinary Authority (District Judge) Khammam and another. …Respondents The Hon’ble Sri Justice Bilal Nazki and The Hon’ble Sri Justice Nooty Ramamohana Rao WRIT PETITION No.713 of 2007 Order: (Per the Hon’ble Sri Justice Bilal Nazki): The case of the writ petitioner is that while a departmental enquiry was going on against him, he had made a request to permit assistance by an employee of the Department, but, it was rejected by the concerned Enquiry Officer. It appears that during pendency of this Writ Petition, the enquiry has been completed and a final show cause notice has also been issued to the petitioner. The petitioner has already filed his objections. He has also taken an objection that he was not provided the assistance of a co- employee to defend, which he was entitled to in terms of Rule 20 (8) (a) of the A.P.C.C.A.Rules. It appears that such a request had been rejected on certain grounds by the Enquiry Officer. Since the final show cause notice has been issued and the petitioner had already filed objections, we do not think that it will serve any purpose to entertain this Writ Petition at this stage. However, the concerned authorities are directed to consider all the objections that may be raised by the petitioner including the objection regarding the rejection of the request of the petitioner for providing assistance to him by a co-employee in accordance with law. However, it is further made clear that if any punishment is given to the petitioner, as a result of the final show cause notice, or any order is passed, of which, the petitioner feels aggrieved, he shall be at liberty to approach this Court and raise the present objections as well. The Writ Petition is, accordingly, dismissed. No costs. ___________________________ (Bilal Nazki, J) Dated 3rd April, 2007 _______________​____________ (Nooty Ramamohana Rao, J) lur