THE HON'BLE SMT. JUSTICE T. MEENA KUMARI AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G. CHANDRAIAH WRIT PETITION No.13208 of 2007 Date 25-6-2007 Between: Smt. B.S. Hemalatha ……… PETITIONER AND The Government of Andhra Pradesh Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Panchayat Raj & Rural Development Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad and others. ……..RESPONDENTS THE HON'BLE SMT. JUSTICE T. MEENA KUMARI AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G. CHANDRAIAH WRIT PETITION No.13208 of 2007 ORDER: (per Smt. T.Meena Kumari,J) Petitioner filed the present writ petition seeking a Writ of Certiorari to call for the records relating to and connected with the orders dated 07.06.2007 in O.A. No.3117 of 2007, on the file of the A.P. Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad and to quash the same. The facts, in brief, are that the petitioner herein was promoted as Superintendent on 28.8.2003 and her services were also regularized in the said post on 27.8.2004. While so, the 3rd respondent issued the impugned proceedings dated 29.5.2007 reverting her to the category of Senior Assistant. Aggrieved by the same, petitioner filed O.A. No.317 of 2007 before the Tribunal. The Tribunal, by the impugned order, while issuing notice to the respondents has directed the respondents to maintain status- quo. Aggrieved by the same, the petitioner filed the present writ petition. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that even though the petitioner has been relieved on 6.6.2007, the petitioner has not handed over the charge. He further submits that even before the Tribunal passed the order of status-quo on 7.6.2007, the Assistant Commissioner was made full additional charge of the post held by the petitioner from 6.6.2007 and in view of the status-quo orders passed by the Tribunal, the respondents are not allowing her to continue as Superintendent. He, therefore, prayed that appropriate directions be issued to the respondents to continue her as Superintendent. Taking into consideration the facts and circumstances of the case and in the interest of justice, we deem it proper to modify the order of status-quo passed by the Tribunal to that of interim suspension. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of modifying the order of status- quo granted by the Tribunal to that of interim suspension of the impugned proceedings of the 3rd respondent dated 29.5.2007. However, the Tribunal is directed to dispose of the main O.A. itself, viz., O.A. No. 3117 of 2007, as expeditiously as possible, preferably, within a period of six months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. No costs. ___________________ T. MEENA KUMARI,J DATE: 19th June, 2007 __________________ G. CHANDRAIAH,J pnb