IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO : 21019 of 2008 Between: Sardar Khan, E/318930, S/o.Khadar Khan Adilabad Depot, Adilabad District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The A.P.S.R.T.C. rep. by its Regional Manager, Adilabad Region, Adilabad District. 2 The Divisional Manager, A.P.S.R.T.C. Adilabad Region, Adilabad District. 3 The Depot Manager, A.P.S.R.T.C. Adilabad Bus Depot, Adilabad District. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Aﬃdavit ﬁled herein the High Court will be pleased to issue any writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the order vide No.PA/62093/1999-ADB dated 21.06.2001 passed by the 3rd respondent herein and as conﬁrmed by the 2nd respondent by order No. Steno/19(57)/2004-DVM/ADB dated 31.8.2004 as arbitrary, illegal and void and consequently by setting aside the same direct the respondents to restore the pay, to pay the increment amounts deducted, the arrears of amounts along with interest and all other consequential beneﬁts and pass such other order or orders. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.BANDA.PRASADA RAO Counsel for the Respondent No.: SMT.P.RAJANI REDDY The Court made the following : ORDER This writ petition is ﬁled seeking a Mandamus declaring the proceedings No.PA/62093/1999-ADB, dated 21.6.2001 passed by the 3rd respondent, as conﬁrmed by the 2nd respondent vide order No.Steno/19(57)/2004- DVM/ADB, dated 31.08.2004 as arbitrary and illegal. There is no necessity to go into all the details. It is suﬃce to notice that under the impugned order dated 21.6.2001, the petitioner was imposed with a punishment of stoppage of one increment with cumulative eﬀect. Aggrieved thereby, the petitioner preferred an appeal before the 2nd respondent. However, the said appeal was dismissed on 31.8.2004, on the ground that the appeal was not preferred within the stipulated time of two months from the date of passing of ﬁnal order by the disciplinary authority and the same was preferred almost after three years. Now the present writ petition is ﬁled on 23.09.2008 after more than four years of passing the order by the appellate authority. This abnormal delay in preferring the writ petition has not been explained nor any plausible reason is forthcoming. The writ petition suﬀers from irretrievable laches and the same is liable to be dismissed. The writ petition is, accordingly, dismissed. No costs. __________ 25-09-2008 rkk