THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR W.P.NO.19854 OF 2009 Dt.7.10.2009 Between: D.Jagadeshwar Rao .. Petitioner And The Union of India, rep. By its Secretary, Ministry of Defence, South Block, New Delhi and others .. Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR W.P.NO.19854 OF 2009 ORDER: (Per Sri Justice Vilas V. Afzulpurkar) This writ petition is directed against the order of the Central Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad Bench, Hyderabad, dated 8.7.2009, wherein it has declined to grant interim relief to the petitioner. The order impugned shows that the Tribunal entertained O.A.No.548 of 2009 filed on 26.6.2009 and had granted four weeks time initially for filing reply. Even before the said time was expired, the petitioner pressed for hearing of M.A.No.310 of 2009. When the same was taken up for hearing on 8.7.2009, the Tribunal was of the view that the reply already permitted to be filed by the respondents is awaited and the Tribunal was also expressed its opinion that it is not a fit case to give any direction to stop the recruitment process. The Tribunal, however, directed that if any recruitments take place during the pendency of the O.A., those recruitments shall be subject to the result of the O.A. The said discretionary order passed by the Tribunal is now questioned by only one of the 62 applicants before the Tribunal in this writ petition. Heard the learned counsel appearing for the respective parties. We are not inclined to agree with the learned counsel for the petitioner that the discretion with respect to the interim relief has been wrongly exercised by the Tribunal and in our opinion the operative portion of the order would sufficiently protect the interests of the petitioner-applicant before the Tribunal. We, therefore, see no reason to interfere with the order impugned. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed. ________________ V.ESWARAIAH, J. __________________________ VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR, J. 7.10.2009 kpr