THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO W.P.No.6091 OF 2011 ORDER: This writ petition has been instituted seeking a writ o f mandamus for declaring the action of the 3rd respondent – District Collector-cum-Chairman, District Scheduled Castes Service Co-operative Society Limited, in appointing the 4th respondent as full additional charge of the post of Executive Director of the District Scheduled Castes Service Co-operative Society Limited, Nellore. It may not be necessary to advert to all the facts, except noticing that the Vice Chairman & Managing Director of the Andhra Pradesh Scheduled Castes Co- operative Finance Corporation Limited – 2nd respondent herein, through his circular dated 18-08-2010, has set out as under: “The request of the Employees Association is considered and it is proposed to place the senior most Executive Officer working in the district in full additional charge of the post of Executive Director whenever possible till a regular arrangement is made by the Government. If in any district the Senior Executive Officer is inexperienced or facing disciplinary cases the District Collector/Chairman is requested to make alternate arrangements from the officials of District pool. Therefore the District Collector/Chairman are once again requested not to make alternate arrangements to the post of E.C. DSCSCS Ltd., in the District on the receipt of transfer orders from the respective parent departments. They should relieve the E.Ds. DSCSCS Ltd., only after receipt of orders of alternate arrangements from this office.” However, on 04-01-2011 the 3rd respondent District Collector passed orders placing the 4th respondent in full additional charge of the post of the Executive Director. On 05-01-2011 the VC & MD of the Corporation passed orders directing the District Collector/Chairman to relieve the earlier incumbent from service of the Society by placing the writ petitioner herein in full additional charge of the post of the Executive Director of the Society. It is rather unfortunate that the District Collector has chosen to ignore to act upon the proceedings issued by the VC & MD. It is further more unfortunate that the District Collector chose to file a counter affidavit on behalf of the 4th respondent also, who has been impleaded in his eonominee capacity. The District Collector, being the Chairman of the Society at the District level, is also required to follow the administrative discipline, which is so essentially needed for any organization. When once the VC & MD of the Corporation passes an order, no doubt a day later to the order passed by him placing the 4th respondent as full additional charge of the post of Executive Director, the District Collector ought to have reviewed his orders dated 04-01-2011 appropriately. It is all the more surprising that the 2nd respondent VC & MD has been maintaining silence in the matter. When once the VC & MD passes an order, he ought to have ensured that the District Collector complies with the same. If the District Collector has not reviewed the earlier arrangement made by him on 04-01-2011, the VC & MD should not have winked at the order of the Collector. It is, therefore, appropriate that the State Government should initiate appropriate measures against the District Collector, Nellore, for his failure to review the orders passed by him on 04-01-2011 and for his failure to comply with the order passed by the VC & MD on 05-01-2011 so far. Let the State Government, the 1st respondent herein, take an appropriate decision in the matter within a maximum period of three months and communicate the same to the District Collector, Nellore. However, in the mean time, the 3rd respondent District Collector will take proper and necessary steps to review the earlier order dated 04-01-2011 passed by him so as to comply with the orders passed by the VC & MD of the Corporation on 05-01-2011. Let appropriate orders in this regard be passed within a period of fifteen days from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. With this, the writ petition stands disposed of at the admission stage. No costs. --------------------------------- Nooty Ramamohana Rao, J mrk 6th April 2011