IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE Mr. JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.1721 of 2008 Between: Mr.P.Mohana Krishna S/o.P.Ramaiah Working in A.P. State Housing Corporation Ltd., B.Kodur Mandal, Kadapa District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Govt. of A.P. rep. by its Principal Secretary, Housing Dept., Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The A.P. State Housing Corporation Ltd., Rep. by its Managing Director, Urdulane, Himayathnagar, Hyderabad. 3 The District Collector/Executive Director, A.P. State Housing Corporation Ltd., Kadapa, Kadapa District. .....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, order or direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, calling for records relating to the Proc.Rc.No.1/DM- Peshi-1(1) dated 08.09.2001 of the 3rd respondent in awarding punishment to the petitioner of two annual increments with cumulative eﬀect, and declare it as illegal, arbitrary, unjust and violative of Article 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India and consequently set aside the Proc.Rc.No.1/DM-Peshi-1(1) dated 8.9.2001 of the 3rd respondent with all consequential beneﬁts as otherwise petitioner will suﬀer serious loss and great hardship and pass such other order or orders. Counsel for the Petitioner: Mr..CHALLA SIVASANKAR Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR HOUSING The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE Mr. JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.1721 of 2008 ORAL ORDER: Heard both sides. This Writ Petition is ﬁled seeking a Mandamus to declare the Proceedings Rc.No.1/DM-Peshi-1(1), dated 8-9-2001 of the 3rd respondent in awarding punishment of stoppage of two annual increments with cumulative eﬀect against the petitioner, as arbitrary and illegal. It is the contention of the petitioner that along with him another person was also implicated in the misconduct and he was also awarded the punishment. However, against the other person i.e., Assistant Engineer, the punishment was set aside by the appellate authority. Whereas, though aggrieved by the punishment of stoppage of two increments with cumulative eﬀect imposed against him, he ﬁled an appeal before the 2nd respondent on 8-10-2001, the same is not disposed of till date. However, Sri K. Mohan Rami Reddy, learned counsel appearing for the respondent-Corporation, states that the appeal, which was purported to have been ﬁled by the petitioner on 8-10- 2001, is not available on the ﬁle of the Managing Director of A.P. State Housing Corporation Limited. In the facts and circumstances, without going into the controversy as to whether the appeal was ﬁled in the year 1981 or later, the 2nd respondent is directed to treat the very material paper available in the Writ Petition at pages 41 to 44 as the appeal ﬁled by him and dispose of the same on merits, without raising any objection as to the limitation etc., within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this Order, as per law. With the above direction, the Writ Petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. 24-9-2008 prk