THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO WRIT PETITION No.24004 of 2008 Dated: 25-8-2010 Between: N.Ganganna …Petitioner and The Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Principal Secretary (Housing), Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabadand others. …Respondents Order: Heard Sri T.Srikanth Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Standing Counsel for the respondents-Corporation. The case of the writ petitioner is that he was working as a Deputy Executive Engineer at Tandur in Ranga Reddy District with the A.P. State Housing Corporation. The District Collector and Executive Director of the said Corporation, through proceedings dated 29-10- 2008, passed orders placing the writ petitioner under suspension with immediate effect for certain alleged irregularities committed by him in the course of execution of certain civil works. The learned counsel for the writ petitioner points out that as per the Corporation’s Classification Control and Appeal Rules, 1997 the competent authority to place the Deputy Executive Engineers under suspension is the Managing Director of the Corporation. The District Collector being the Executive Director of the Corporation is therefore not competent to place a Deputy Executive Engineer of the Corporation under suspension. In this view of the matter, the order passed by the Executive Director of the Corporation is without jurisdiction. I have heard the learned Standing Counsel for the respondents- Corporation who fairly submits that as per the Classifications Control and Appeal Rules of the Corporation, it is the Managing Director who can place the Deputy Executive Engineer under suspension, but not the Executive Director. Therefore, without going into the merits of the matter, the impugned order passed by the Executive Director and District Collector, Ranga Reddy District placing the writ petitioner under suspension on 29-10-2008, is set aside. It is made clear that the appropriate disciplinary authority can exercise the power available to him under the Rules. The writ petition stands allowed. No costs. __________________________________ NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO, J 25th August, 2010 GRR