IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (SPECIAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION) TUESDAY, THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND ELEVEN THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY and THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N. RAVI SHANKAR WRIT PETITION No.33747 of 2010 BETWEEN: SHAIK Mohammam Hafeez … PETITIONER(S) And The Disciplinary Authority cum Prl. Dist. Cum Sessions judge, Mahabubnagar District, Mahabub Nagar and others … RESPONDENT(S) THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY and THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N. RAVI SHANKAR WRIT PETITION No.33747 of 2010 ORDER: (Per HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY) In this writ petition the petitioner who worked as Copyist in the Senior Civil Judge’s Court, Nagarkurnool, Mahabubnagar District, seeks to declare the departmental enquiry conducted against him as illegal and arbitrary by setting aside the order dated 16.11.2009 passed by the first respondent i.e. the Disciplinary Authority-cum-Principal District and Sessions Judge, Mahabubnagar District, dismissing him from service and also seeks for a consequential direction to the respondents 1 to 4 to reinstate him into service with all benefits. 2. When the writ petition was taken up on 31.12.2010 for hearing at request the matter was adjourned to 18.01.2011. Since neither the counsel for petitioner is present nor is there any representation on his behalf on 18.01.2011 and also on 19.01.2011, the matter was directed to be listed on 24.01.2011 under the caption ‘for dismissal’. Thereafter on 11.02.2011 the matter came up before the Division Bench comprising of myself and Hon’ble Sri Justice C.V.Ramulu and since Sri Justice C.V.Ramulu is to retire this week it was directed to be listed for admission by deleting it from the caption ‘for dismissal’. Even today neither the counsel for petitioner is present nor is there any representation on his behalf. 3. It should be noted that in case the petitioner feels aggrieved of the manner in which the departmental enquiry was conducted against him or the order dismissing him from service passed by the first respondent i.e. the Disciplinary Authority-cum-Principal District and Sessions Judge, Mahabubnagar District, he has a remedy of appeal to High Court of Andhra Pradesh on administrative side and without availing the said remedy he has straightaway filed the present writ petition. 4. In view thereof the writ petition is dismissed at the stage of admission permitting the petitioner to file an appeal before the concerned authorities within four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. No costs. _____________________ A.GOPAL REDDY, J. _______________________ N. RAVI SHANKAR, J. 15th February 2011 CVRK