THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE B. SUDERSHAN REDDY WRIT PETITION NO. 8576 OF 2000 DATED: 16-08-2005 Between K.S. Ranga Nadha Swamy, s/o K. Gopala Chary, Aged 34 years, Occupation: Ex.Branch Incharge, I.H.F.D Ltd., H.No. 7-1-12, Sahakaranagar, Khammam. …………… PETITIONER And 1. Mohammad Zaheer Ali, S/o. Md. Jaffar Ali, R/o. H.No. 7-2-69/1, Dwarakanagar, Khammam and others.. ……………… RESPONDENTS THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE B. SUDERSHAN REDDY WRIT PETITION NO. 8576 OF 2000 ORDER: The petitioner is stated to have preferred an appeal before the Andhra Pradesh State Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum (for short ‘the State Commission’) against the impugned order of arrest dated 03-05-2000 passed by the District Consumer Forum, Khammam in P.P No. 33 of 1999 in C.D No. 124 of 1998. Since the State Commission was not functioning at the relevant time as the post of Chairman remained vacant, the petitioner approached this Court and obtained stay of arrest. Neither of the counsel is in a position to state the Court as to whether the appeal preferred by the petitioner has been disposed of. In such view of the matter, it would be appropriate to dispose of the writ petition extending the benefit of the interim order granted by this Court staying the arrest of the petitioner until the disposal of the appeal. That if the appeal preferred by the petitioner has been disposed of, no further relief could be granted to him in this writ petition. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of directing the respondents not to take any steps as against the petitioner for his arrest until the appeal preferred by him before the State Commission is disposed of. No order as to costs. (B. Sudershan Reddy, J) 16..08..2005 ks