THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V. ESWARAIAH AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR W.P.No.11892 of 2002 Between: The Government of A.P. rep. By its Principal Secretary to the Government, Transport (R&B) Dept. Hyderabad & another. ..... PETITIONERS AND Sri G.Santhosh. .....RESPONDENTS THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V. ESWARAIAH AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR W.P.No.11892 of 2002 ORDER: (per Hon’ble Sri Justice V. Eswaraiah) 1. This writ petition is filed challenging the order, dated 08.02.2002, passed by the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad, in O.A.No.1770 of 2002, whereby it directed the writ petitioners to regularise the absence of the respondent from duty i.e. from 20.05.2001 to 26.09.2001 as compulsory wait with all consequential benefits of pay and allowances within a period of one month from the date of receipt of a copy of the order. 2. While the respondent was working as an Assistant Engineer in R&B Electrical Section, Hyderabad, he was transferred to Bhimavaram, vide order dated 17.05.2001. He questioned the said transfer order before the Tribunal in O.A.No. 3680 of 2001 and the Tribunal, by an order dated 23.05.2001, disposed of the said O.A. directing the respondent herein to file an appeal before the Government. Pursuant thereto, the respondent filed an appeal before the Government and the Government, vide memo dated 11.09.2001, allowed the appeal holding that the Engineer-in-Chief was not competent authority to effect transfers outside the Zone and directed to cancel the transfer order dated 17.05.2001 and post the respondent at Hyderabad. The respondent again filed O.A.No.1770 of 2002 before the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad, seeking to regularize the period of absence from 20.05.2001 to 26.09.2001 as compulsory wait, which was allowed by an order dated 08.02.2002 directing the writ petitioners to regularize the absence period as compulsory wait. Aggrieved thereby, the present writ petition is filed. 3. This Court, by an order dated 08.07.2002, stayed the order of the Tribunal and thereafter, vacated the same by order dated 19.09.2002. The Government issued orders in G.O.Rt.No.194, dated 24.02.2003, regularizing the period of absence of the respondent from duty i.e. from 20.05.2001 to 26.09.2001 as compulsory wait under F.R.9(6)(b). In view of the aforesaid orders of the Government, the subject matter of the writ petition has become infructuous. 4. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed as infructuous. _________________________ JUSTICE V. ESWARAIAH ___________________________________ JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR Date: 25.08.2009 usd