IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD MONDAY, THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT HON'BLE SRI ANIL R. DAVE, THE CHIEF JUSTICE and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT APPEAL NO : 704 of 2008 (Writ Appeal under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent against the Order dated 13/12/2007 in WP NO : 26282 OF 2007 on the file of the High Court.) Between: 1 Dr.N.T.R.University of Health Sciences, rep. by its Vice Chancellor, Vijayawada, Krishna District. 2 Dr.N.T.R.University of Health & Sciences, rep. by its Registrar, Vijayawada, Krishna District. ..... APPELLANT(S) AND Smt.K.Vidya Prathibha D/o.K.Venkateswar Rao Vijayawada. .....RESPONDENT Counsel for the Appellant:MR.D.V.NAGARJUNA BABU Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.M.SURENDER RAO The Court made the following : JUDGMENT: (Per Anil R. Dave, CJ) Admit. At the request of the learned Advocates, the appeal is finally heard and disposed of. The short question, which is involved in this appeal is with regard to the termination of service of the respondent. The order of termination had been questioned before the learned Single Judge by filing W.P.No.26282 of 2007. The petition has been admitted and by virtue of the interim relief dated 13-12-2007 granted in W.P.M.P.No.34268 of 2008, the learned Single Judge has stayed implementation of the order of termination. As a result of the aforestated order, the respondent has been continued in service, though her service has been terminated. In our opinion such an interim relief cannot be granted because granting interim relief would practically amount to allowing the petition. On the other hand, if no interim relief is granted and the order terminating service is finally set aside, the employee can be compensated in terms of money. In the circumstances, the impugned order granting interim relief in favour of the respondent is quashed and set aside. Since the interim relief granted by the learned Single Judge is set aside, the writ petition requires to be heard at an early date. The writ petition should be notified for hearing in the 1st week of September, 2008 The writ petition is disposed of as allowed with no order as to costs. _____________________ ANIL R. DAVE, CJ ________________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J GRR