IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND ELEVEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR WRIT PETITION No.29467 of 2011 BETWEEN D. Keshava Reddy. ... PETITIONER AND The Commissioner, Endowments Department, Hyderabad and another. ...RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner: MR. G. VENKAT REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR ENDOWMENTS – R1 MR. CH. SATISH KUMAR – R2 The Court made the following order: ORDER: Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner. Learned Government Pleader for Endowments appears for the first respondent and Mr. Ch. Satish Kumar, learned counsel, appears for the second respondent. 2. On certain charges of financial and other irregularities action was taken against the petitioner by first recalling him to the parent department and post and he was later placed under suspension pending enquiry into the charges against him giving him due opportunity to show cause. 3. Since suspension pending enquiry is not vitiated either by malafides or by want of jurisdiction of the authority, the interference with the impugned order under Article 226 of the Constitution of India is impermissible. However, as long as the petitioner is kept under suspension, he shall be entitled to subsistence allowance as per rules. The writ petition is clearly misconceived and is accordingly dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. _____________________ VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR, J November 4, 2011 DSK