THE HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SHRI NISAR AHMAD KAKRU and THE HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION Nos. 8550, 13345 AND 25099 OF 2009 Dated: 03-06-2010 WRIT PETITION No. 8550 OF 2009 Between: T.V.L Narasimha Rao ... PETITIONER AND Debts Recovery Tribunal, 5th Floor, Triveni Complex, M.No.4-8-974/5, Abids, Hyderabad, rep., by its Presiding Officer and eight others ... RESPONDENTS WRIT PETITION No. 13345 OF 2009 Between: M.A. Aleem and eight others ... PETITIONERS AND Ministry of Finance, Department of Financial Services, Government of India, Jeevan Deep Building, 3rd Floor, Parliament Street, New Delhi and four others ... RESPONDENTS WRIT PETITION No. 25099 OF 2009 Between: P. Panduranganath ... PETITIONER AND The Government of India, Ministry of Finance, Department of Financial Services, , Jeevan Deep Building, 3rd Floor, Parliament Street, New Delhi, rep., by its Secretary and six others ... RESPONDENTS THE HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SHRI NISAR AHMAD KAKRU and THE HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION Nos. 8550, 13345 AND 25099 OF 2009 COMMON ORDER: (per the Hon’ble the Chief Justice Shri Nisar Ahmad Kakru) These three writ petitions are aimed at an enquiry by the official respondents against the Presiding Officer of the Debts Recovery Tribunal, Hyderabad in respect of the allegations levelled against him. During the currency of the writ petitions, the official respondents have initiated the enquiry and the officer has also been placed under suspension. Enquiry having commenced, the writ petitions do not survive. Dismissed. It needs to be placed on record that the learned counsel appearing for the Presiding Officer submitted that defamatory allegations levelled against the Presiding Officer entitles him to take recourse to appropriate action against the petitioners. It goes without saying that if a cause is available to the Presiding Officer, dismissal of these writ petitions shall not work as impediment for him. SANJAY KUMAR, J NISAR AHMAD KAKRU, CJ 03-06-2010 K. Shyleshi