THE HON’BLE SMT. JUSTICE T.MEENA KUMARI AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G.CHANDRAIAH W.P.NO.16141 OF 2007 O R D E R (Per the Hon’ble Smt. Justice T.Meena Kumari) Heard the counsel for the petitioners and the Government Pleader for Panchayat Raj. 2. Aggrieved by the transfers that are being effected by the 1st respondent – Government of Andhra Pradesh represented by its Principal Secretary, Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Department, Hyderabad under G.O.Ms.No.294, Panchayat Raj and Rural Development (E.VI) Department dated 29.6.2007 and G.O.Rt.No.905 Panchayt Raj and Rural Development (E.VI) Department dated 29.6.2007, the petitioners who are the employees of the Zilla Parishad, filed the present writ petition. 3. From the material on record, it could be seen that challenging the Government Orders referred to above, the petitioners have already moved the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal by filing O.A.No.3781/2007 on 6.7.2007 and sought for an interim direction and the Division Bench has reserved the matter for passing interim directions. As no interim orders were passed till date and as the transfers were being effected and that the petitioners have already admitted their children in the schools where they were presently working and that the transfers would disturb the education of their children, the petitioners filed the present writ petition. 4. Since the matter is already seized by the Tribunal, without going into the merits of the case and considering the facts and circumstances and in the interest of justice, we pass the order as under: “Status quo obtaining as on the date of the filing of the O.A.No.3781/2007 i.e., on 6.7.2007, shall be maintained for a period of four weeks from today and in the meanwhile O.A. shall be disposed of by the Tribunal.” 5. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. No costs. ------------------------------------ T.MEENA KUMARI,J ------------------------------------ G.CHANDRAIAH,J AVS DATE:30.07.2007