HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH AND HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR W.P.NO.27553 of 2009 Dt.17.12.2009 Between: S.Suresh Kumar and others .. Petitioners And The Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Ex.Officio Principal Secretary, Municipal Administration & Urban Development (E1) Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad and others. .. Respondents HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH AND HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR W.P.NO.27553 of 2009 ORDER: (Per Sri Justice V.Eswaraiah) Petitioners herein are the applicants before the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal in O.A.No.12246 of 2009. The said O.A. was filed to declare the orders of the Government in G.O.Ms.No.633, Municipal Administration and Urban Development (F1) Department, dated 28.10.2009, in so far as it provides for quota in the guise of municipalized employees in the posts of Deputy Executive Engineers and Executive Engineers as illegal and without jurisdiction. The said O.A. was filed in the last week of October, 2009 and the Tribunal while admitting the O.A. on 27.11.2009 issued notice to the respondents returnable in four weeks. Aggrieved by the said action of the Tribunal in issuing notice only and in not granting interim relief of suspending the operation of the said G.O., this writ petition is filed. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the Tribunal issued notice in the main O.A. alone and not in the application filed seeking interim relief. Learned Government Pleader for Services-I appearing for the respondents, however, submits that the practice of the Tribunal is to issue notice in the O.A. which covers the main relief as well as interim relief and a separate application is not required for the interim relief and the interim application is not numbered separately. It is further contended that as and when the notice is served the petitioners can as well pursue the remedy seeking interim relief. As this writ petition is filed against the issuance of notice alone, we are not inclined to express any opinion on the merits of the case. We accordingly dismissed the writ petition requesting the Tribunal to consider the request of the petitioners for passing appropriate orders on the interim relief as expeditiously as possible on priority basis. _______________ V.ESWARAIAH, J. _______________________ VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR, J. 17.12.2009 kpr