HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED AND HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE G. BHAVANI PRASAD WRIT PETITION No : 8261 of 2010 O R D E R: (per Hon'ble Sri Justice Ghulam Mohammed) The petitioner has been working as a Senior Assistant in the Office of the Deputy Inspector General, Registration & Stamps at Kurnool. While so, the 3rd respondent, by his proceedings, dated 09.02.2010, put him under suspension on the ground that he is suspected to have involved in the tampering of office records during the period from 23.07.2009 to 06.08.2009, as he has not been attending duties from 19.09.2009. Questioning the said suspension order, the petitioner preferred O.A.No. 873 of 2010 before the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal. The Tribunal, through its order, dated 26. 02. 2010, dismissed the O.A. Hence, the petitioner approached this Court by filing the present Writ Petition. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Services-II for Respondents 1 to 4. Admittedly, the ground under which the petitioner was placed under suspension was that he along with the others tampered the records during the period from 23.07.2009 to 06.08.2009. Based on the complaint given by the 4th respondent, IV Town Police Station, Kurnool registered a case in Crime No. 30 of 2010 and during the course of investigation, the police found the involvement of the petitioner along with the others in tampering of the revenue records and remanded them to judicial custody. It is needless to mention that this Court normally does not interfere with the suspension orders passed against the employees. It is for the disciplinary authority to enquire into the allegations levelled against them. Further, once an employee is remanded to judicial custody for 48 hours, the employer concerned is empowered to suspend him/her from service. In that view of the matter, we are not inclined to interfere with the findings recorded by the Tribunal in O.A.No. 873 of 2010. The Writ Petition is devoid of merits and the same is accordingly dismissed, but however, it is directed that if any enquiry is pending against the petitioner, the same shall be concluded within a time frame of six months from today. No costs. ---------------------------- (GHULAM MOHAMMED,J) ---------------------------------- (G. BHAVANI PRASAD, J) 15th April 2010 ksld 1. ..... REGISTRAR 2. // TRUE COPY // 3. SECTION OFFICER To 4. 1) 2 CD copies 5. Form-NIC-OGS/WP{BMR}