1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR. WRIT PETITION NO. 1518 OF 2009 Nandu Ramrao Rathod .vs. Union of India & others ________________________________________________________________ Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders or directions and Court's or Judge's orders. Registrars orders. Mr. D.T. Shinde, Advocate for petitioner, CORAM: J.N. PATEL & F.M. REIS, JJ. DATED: APRIL 6, 2009. Heard Mr. D.T. Shinde, learned Counsel for petitioner and Mr. S.B. Bangde, learned Counsel for respondent no.1. The petitioner has challenged his dismissal by the respondents from service. The petitioner was working as a Constable in CRPF and was charged on three counts. Thereafter, enquiry was conducted and his suspension was revoked and he was dismissed from service. The petitioner being a member of the Force under the Central Reserve Police Force Act, 1949 has a statutory remedy of preferring an appeal against the impugned order. Mr. D.T. Shinde, learned Counsel for the petitioner, states that the petitioner has already preferred an appeal on 7.7.2007 and sent a reminder to the Appellate Authority to decide his appeal and, therefore, the petitioner has approached this Court by invoking its extraordinary jurisdiction. In the facts and circumstances of the case, it will be proper that the Appellate Authority, i.e. the Deputy Inspector of General of Police, Group Centre, respondent no.2, decides the 2 appeal preferred by the petitioner on 7.7.2007 and the reminder forwarded by the petitioner to the Appellate Authority reiterating his case for expeditious disposal of the appeal. The petition can be disposed of with a direction to the respondents to decide the appeal preferred by the petitioner expeditiously as the same is pending from the year 2007 and preferably within a period of six months from the date of communication of this order by the petitioner. Needless to say that the Appellate Authority would pass a reasoned order. The same shall be communicated to the petitioner. The Writ Petition stands disposed of accordingly with no order as to costs. JUDGE JUDGE. J. *****