THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE S.ANANDA REDDY Writ Petition No.17056 of 2005 03-08-2005 Between: V.N.Praveen Kumar, S/o VVV Lakshminarayana, Aged about 30 years, Correspondent & Secretary, SNSBVS Gupta High School, Sattenapalli, Guntur. ... PETITONER AND 1.The Director of School Education, Government of A.P., Hyderabad and others .....RESPONDENTS THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE S.ANANDA REDDY Writ Petition No.17056 of 2005 ORDER: This writ petition is filed aggrieved by the order passed by the first respondent, dated 22.07.2005, under which, the petitioner was declared as unfit to act as a Secretary and Correspondent of SNSBVS Gupta High School, Sattenapalli, Guntur and Deputy Educational Officer was appointed as a Special Officer to look after the administration of the School. The grievance of the petitioner is that the impugned order was passed in contravention of the provisions of Section 24(7) of the A.P.Education Act, 1982 (for short ‘the Act’) apart from violation of principles of natural justice as the same was passed without giving opportunity of personal hearing which was sought for by the petitioner. The learned Government Pleader for School Education, however, represented that the petitioner has got an effective alternative remedy of appeal under Section 89 of the Act and therefore, the writ petition itself is not maintainable. In view of the above representation made by the learned Government Pleader that the petitioner has got an effective alternative remedy of appeal before the Government, this writ petition is not maintainable. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed with liberty to the petitioner to approach the appellate authority. No costs. _______________ 03.08.2005 VGB