HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY Writ Petition No.7744 of 2010 Date: April 20, 2010 Between: S.V. Appra Rao, S/o. late Rama Rao, Age: 48 years, working as non-technical Work Inspector in A.P. State Housing Corporation Ltd., Jaumuru Mandal, Srikakulam District … Petitioner And Govt. of A.P., represented by its Principal Secretary, Housing (U & IAY) Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad, and another … Respondents Order: In this writ petition, the petitioner has questioned proceedings Rc.No.Vig-1/011/SKLM/2007, dated 28-07- 2008, issued by the second respondent-Managing Director, A.P. State Housing Corporation Ltd., Hyderabad. The petitioner was a Non-Technical Work Inspector in A.P. State Housing Corporation Ltd. in Jalumuru Mandal, Srikakulam District. Alleging misconduct on his part, he was removed from service by the second respondent by the impugned proceedings. It is stated that as against the said proceedings, the petitioner filed an appeal before the first respondent-Government, which has called for remarks, but has not taken any action on the appeal. When the matter is taken up for hearing, it is submitted by the learned standing counsel appearing for the respondents that against the order of the Managing Director, imposing penalty of removal from service, in the disciplinary proceedings, no appeal lies to the Government. Learned standing counsel has placed before this court relevant Rules titled as A.P. State Housing Corporation Ltd., (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1977. As per Annexure III of the said Rules, so far as Class-III officer is concerned, an appeal lies to the Board of Management against the orders of the Managing Director. In that view of the matter, the appeal filed by the petitioner before the first respondent is not maintainable. As much as the petitioner was pursuing the matter by filing an appeal before the first respondent-Government, which is not the competent authority to pass orders on the said appeal, I dispose of the writ petition permitting the petitioner to file an appeal against the impugned proceedings, issued by the second respondent, before the appellate authority, i.e. the Board of Management of the A.P. State Housing Corporation Ltd., within four weeks from today. In such an event, the appellate authority shall consider the said appeal and dispose it of as expeditiously as possible. No order as to costs. ____________________ (R. SUBHASH REDDY, J) April 20, 2010 MRR