IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD WEDNESDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SRI ANIL R. DAVE AND HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY WRIT APPEAL No. 456 of 2008 (Writ Appeal under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent against the order dated 24.04.2008 in WPMP.No.11917 of 2008 in Writ Petition No.8991 of 2008 on the file of the High Court.) Between: 1. The Bharat Dynamics Limited, rep. by its Chairman and Managing Director, Kanchan Bagh, Hyderabad - 500 058. 2. The General Manager (Personnel & Administration) Bharat Dynamics Limited, Kanchan Bagh, Hyderabad - 500 058. 3. The Senior Manager, C-P&A (Plg. & Ed.) Bharat Dynamics Limited, Kanchan Bagh, Hyderabad - 500 058. .....Appellants And 1. P.Madhusudhan 2. T.Madhusudhan 3. K.V.Subramanyam Achary 4. T.Venkateshwar Rao 5. D.V.V.Prasada Rao 6. M.K. Kishore 7. Venkata Muralidhar 8. M. Basava Rao 9. M. Thirupalu 10. J. Jayarami Reddy 11. M. Lakshmi Reddy 12. B. Gangarajam 13. G. Nagarjuna Reddy 14. Ch. Siva Raju 15. B. Vijay Bhaskar Reddy 16. B. Tirupathi Reddy 17. T. Srinivas 18. C. Rajender 19. P. Poornachandra Rao 20. M. B. Jayarami Reddy 21. B. Venkateswar Rao 22. P. Vijay Bhaskar 23. K. Venkateswar Rao 24. B. Srinivas Rao 25. K. Srinivas Rao 26. S.V. Satyanarayan Raju 27. V. Mahender Reddy 28. D. Narasimha Rao 29. T.V.S. Sastry 30. C.S.Shankar Prasad 31. P. Vijender Reddy 32. K. Krishna Reddy 33. M. Vinod Kumar 34. K.V.Krishnam Raju 35. T. Gopinath 36. K. Krishnaiah 37. M. Durgya 38. B. Mallaiah 39. Ch. Dubba Ratnam 40. M.S.S. Manikyala Rao 41. N.Guruvaiah 42. K. Narayan Naik 43. M. Ramakrishna 44. M. Prema Kumar 45. M. Srinivasa Rao 46. V.Shiva Kumar 47. P. Sitapathi Raju 48. K. Rambabu 49. K.C. Pulla Reddy 50. K.V.Suryanarayana Raju .....Respondents Counsel for the appellants : Ms. V. Uma Devi Counsel for respondent Nos. 1 to 5 : Sri V.Ravi Kiran Rao Counsel for respondent Nos.6 to 30 : Sri G.Vidyasagar Counsel for respondent Nos.31 to 50 : Sri V. Tulasi Reddy The Court passed the following: JUDGMENT: (per Anil R. Dave, C.J.) An ex parte ad interim order dated 24th April, 2008 passed in WPMP.No.11917 of 2008 in Writ Petition No.8991 of 2008 has been challenged in this appeal. Looking to the urgency in the matter, in this appeal, an ex parte ad interim order was passed on 25th April, 2008. By virtue of the said order, the appellant – employer has already conducted promotional test for the purpose of giving promotion to the higher post. Looking to the fact that the impugned order is an ex parte ad interim order, in our opinion, it would be just and proper if the appellants approach the learned Single Judge with an application for vacating/modifying the ex parte ad interim order, which has been granted on 24th April, 2008. We are sure that if a vacate petition along with counter affidavit is filed in the petition, the learned Single Judge will give priority and hear Writ Petition No.8119 of 2008 finally. Status quo as on today shall be continued till the ex parte ad interim order is modified or confirmed by the learned Single Judge after hearing the concerned parties. Subject to the aforesaid observations, the writ appeal stands disposed of with no order as to costs. ANIL R. DAVE, C.J. 2nd July, 2008 R.SUBHASH REDDY, J. ….REGISTRAR To 1. Two C.D. copies. ARS