HON'BLE MR JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.21168 of 2009 Between: C.C.V.V.S.N. Murthy. … Petitioner And The Authority under Section 48(1) of the A.P. Shops and Establishments Act and the Assistant Commissioner of Labour, Rajahmundry, East Godavari District. … Respondent. HON'BLE MR JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.21168 of 2009 ORDER: The relief sought for in this writ petition is for a direction to the first respondent to dispose of the appeal preferred by the petitioner under Section 48(1) of the A.P. Shops and Establishments Act, 1988 (for short ‘the Act’) at the earliest. The petitioner was hitherto working as the Secretary of the second respondent – Society. On the ground that he had withdrawn Rs.9,009/- unauthorizedly, he was placed under suspension on 21.12.2006. The second respondent issued a charge memo on 27.01.2007 framing six charges. An enquiry officer was appointed on 14.02.2007 and, on receipt of his report dated 29.6.2007, the second respondent, by proceedings dated 24.8.2007, dismissed the petitioner from the services of the Society. Aggrieved thereby, the petitioner filed W.P.No.19857 of 2007 which was dismissed as withdrawn. Thereafter, the petitioner invoked the jurisdiction of the authority under the A.P. Shops and Establishments Act, 1988 along with a petition to condone the delay of 243 days in preferring the appeal. Sri L.V.S.Naga Raju Learned Counsel for the petitioner, would submit that the delay in filing the appeal was subsequently condoned and the appeal was numbered as APSE case No.3 of 2009. Learned counsel would draw attention of this Court to Section 48(2) of the Act whereunder an appeal is required to be disposed of within three months. Learned counsel would submit that it would suffice, for the purpose of disposal of this writ petition, if this Court were to direct the first respondent to dispose of the appeal within three months. In the absence of any information as to the pendency of cases it is wholly inappropriate for this Court, in proceedings under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to fix any specific time frame for disposal of a cause before the Tribunal. I consider it appropriate, therefore, to direct the first respondent to consider expeditious disposal of the appeal, if need be by taking it up out of turn. The writ petition is, accordingly, disposed of. However, in the circumstances, without costs. ___________ 11-3-2010 usd/asp