HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED AND HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE G. BHAVANI PRASAD WRIT PETITION No : 2841 of 2010 O R D E R: (per Hon'ble Sri Justice Ghulam Mohammed) This Writ Petition is filed assailing the legality and validity of the order dated 19.09.2007 in O.A.No. 5809 of 2000 on the file of the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad. The case of the petitioner is that he was selected and appointed as an Agricultural Officer in the Department of Agriculture, Government of Andhra Pradesh on 19.10.1976 and was posted at Yellareddyguda of Nizamabad District. He completed probation as Agricultural Officer with effect from 20.11.1978 in Class I category I of A.P.A.S.S. After formation of Mandals, in 1986, his services as Agricultural Officer (T&V) were placed before the disposal of the Panchayat Raj Department, which, in turn, vide proceedings, dated 07.01.1987, 28.01.1987 and 01.05.1987 placed him as a Mandal Development Officer of Sadasivpet Mandal, Kamareddy Division, Nizamabad District. While he was working as I/c M.P.D.O., Gandhari, vide proceedings dated 13.09.2000, he was relieved from the post of Mandal Development Officer and repatriated to his parent department i.e. Agriculture Department. Therefore, he submitted representation to consider his case for absorption in the Panchayat Raj Department as Mandal Development Officer, but the same was rejected by the competent authority vide order dated 13.09.2000. Therefore, he filed O.A.No. 5809 of 2000 seeking regularization of his services in the cadre of Mandal Development Officer. The said O.A. was dismissed as infructuous as the petitioner retired from service in 2006, but however, it was left open to the petitioner to apply to the parent department for retirement benefits. In pursuance of the said order, the petitioner approached the 3rd respondent for his service register to make an application seeking retirement benefits, but the 3rd respondent promised him that he would send it to the 4th respondent after updating the same. Subsequently, his terminal benefits have not been settled and he has not been paid any amount. Therefore, he submitted a representation to the 4th respondent dated 06.01.2009, but the same was not considered. Hence, he filed the present Writ Petition. We have heard the learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Government Pleader for Services-I for Respondents 1, 2 and 4 and the learned counsel appearing for Respondent No.3. The learned Government Pleader for Services-I has placed before this Court a copy of the letter dated 24.04.2010, wherein it has been stated by the Joint Director of Agriculture, Nizamabad that all the proposals and the service register in original were sent to the Commissioner and Director of Agriculture, A.P., Hyderabad on 24.04.2010 which were received from the Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Parishad, Nizamabad in respect of the petitioner herein. It is further submitted that some more time is needed to fulfill the requirements so as to grant retiral benefits. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case and having regard to the submissions made by the learned Government Pleader, we deem it appropriate to direct the respondents to consider the representations of the petitioner and settle his retiral benefits, as early as possible, within a period of three months from today. The Writ Petition is accordingly, disposed of. No costs. ---------------------------- (GHULAM MOHAMMED,J) ----------------------------- (G. BHAVANI PRASAD, J) 26th April 2010 ksld 1. ..... REGISTRAR 2. // TRUE COPY // 3. SECTION OFFICER To 4. 1) 2 CD copies 5. Form-NIC-OGS/WP{BMR} 3rd August 2009 ksld