IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD MONDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE K.C. BHANU WRIT APPEAL NO : 1196 of 2004 (Writ Appeal under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent against the Order dated 29/07/2004 in WP NO : 6656 OF 2004 on the file of the High Court.) Between: 1 M/s Sponge Iron India Limited, rep. by its Chairman and Managing Director. (A Govt. of India Undertaking), NMDC Buildings, Masab Tank, Hyderabad - 28. 2 The Joint Secretary, Ministry of Steel, Udyog Bhavan, New Delhi. ..... APPELLANT(S) AND S. Koteswara Sarma, S/o S. Suryanarayana, R/o 1-8-723/201, Sai Gayathri Apartments, Vegetable Market Lane, Nallakunta, Hyderabad-44. .....RESPONDENT Counsel for the Appellants: MR.M.PANDURANGA RAO Counsel for the Respondent: MR.SRINIVAS CHITTURU The Court made the following : JUDGMENT: (per Sri A. Gopal Reddy, J) This writ appeal under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent is directed against interim order dated 29-07-2004 passed by a learned Single Judge of this Court allowing WPMP No. 8633 of 2004 in Writ Petition No. 6656 of 2004, wherein the 1st appellant herein was directed to deposit a sum of Rs.2,00,000/- towards tentative arrears payable to the respondent – writ petitioner with regard to revision of pay scales from 01-01-1998. Learned counsel for the respondent – writ petitioner fairly conceded for allowing the writ appeal with a direction to the learned Single Judge to dispose of the writ petition along with WPMP No. 28604 of 2004 ﬁled for hearing of the writ petition at an early date as the petitioner being a senior citizen. In view of the same, the impugned order dated 29-07- 2004 passed by the learned Single Judge in WPMP No. 8633 of 2004 in Writ Petition No. 6656 of 2004 is set aside and the writ appeal is allowed. Registry is directed to post the writ petition for ﬁnal hearing before the learned Single Judge hearing the matters. On the writ petition being listed before the learned Single Judge, the parties are at liberty to make a request for early hearing of the writ petition. A. GOPAL REDDY, J K.C. BHANU, J Dated: 01-09-2008 ks ........REGISTRAR To 1 M/s Sponge Iron India Limited, rep. by its Chairman and Managing Director. (A Govt. of India Undertaking), NMDC Buildings, Masab Tank, Hyderabad - 28. 2 The Joint Secretary, Ministry of Steel, Udyog Bhavan, New Delhi. 3 2 CD copies