HON'BLE SRI ANIL R. DAVE, THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT APPEAL No. 1361 OF 2009 Dated: 24-11-2009 Between: M. Shyam Sunder ... APPELLANT AND Transmission Corporation of Andhra Pradesh Limited, rep., by its Chairman & Managing Director, Vidyuth Soudha, Khairatabad, Hyderabad and another ... RESPONDENTS THE HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SRI ANIL R. DAVE AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT APPEAL No. 1361 OF 2009 JUDGEMENT: (per Sri Anil R. Dave, CJ) The appellant – petitioner has been aggrieved by an order dated 04-11-2009 passed in Writ Petition No. 23582 of 2009. The case of the appellant before the learned single Judge was that the show cause notice given to him was bad in law and, therefore, it should be quashed and set aside. 2. Upon perusal of the papers and upon hearing the learned advocate appearing for the appellant, we find that in the departmental proceedings, the disciplinary authority did not agree with the view expressed by the enquiry officer and, therefore, a show cause notice was given to the appellant. The said show cause notice was challenged in the petition. The learned single Judge has rejected the petition as the appellant had approached only at the show cause notice stage. 3. In our opinion, the petition was rightly rejected for the reason that the disciplinary authority had given an opportunity to the appellant – petitioner to say as to why it should not disagree with the view expressed by the enquiry officer. 4. In the circumstances, the appeal is dismissed with no order as to costs. However, if reply is given by the appellant – petitioner within two weeks from today, the respondent – employer shall accept and consider the same before passing any order 5. As a sequel to the dismissal of the appeal, WAMP No. 2855 of 2009, filed by the appellant for interim relief, is also dismissed. ANIL R. DAVE, CJ C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 24-11-2009 ks