IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI DEVINDER GUPTA,THE CHIEF JUSTICE and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO : 10086 of 1994 Between: S.Ramakrishna, C.M.O., III M.M. Court, R/o Plot No.32, Raghavendra Colony, Kothapet, Ranga Reddy District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1. The Enquiry Officer-cum-XII Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad. 2. The Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Red Hills, Hyderabad. A.P. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue a writ of mandamus or any other order or direction in the nature of a writ declaring that the departmental enquiry against the petitioner being conducted by the 1st respondent is arbitrary, illegal and violative of principles of natural justice and also transfer the same from the 1st respondent after ordering a de novo enquiry. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.B.NALIN KUMAR Counsel for the Respondents: Mr.C.V.Nagarjuna Reddy, SC for High Court. The Court made the following : ORAL ORDER: (per the Hon’ble the Chief Justice) In this writ petition, challenge is to the conduct of the ongoing departmental proceedings against the petitioner on the ground that the enquiry officer was acting arbitrarily without affording opportunity to the petitioner. By interim order, proceedings were stayed. Stay has continued for more than ten years by now. Enquiry Officer has also been changed. By passage of time, writ petition has been rendered infructuous. It stands disposed of as such with direction to the respondents to have the enquiry expedited in accordance with law. ___________________ DEVINDER GUPTA, CJ 18-8-2004 _____________ C.V.RAMULU, J Tvr To 1. The Enquiry Officer-cum-XII Metropolitan Magistrate, Hyderabad. 2. The Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Red Hills, Hyderabad. A.P. 3. 2 CCs to the Standing Counsel for the High Court of A.P., High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT). 4. 2 CD copies.