THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE B.PRAKASH RAO And THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE B.N.RAO NALLA WRIT PETITION NO.7363 OF 2009 ORDER: (Per the Hon’ble Sri Justice B.Prakash Rao) Heard the learned Government Pleader for Services I appearing on behalf of the petitioners and Sri T.Suryakaran Reddy, learned counsel, appearing on behalf of the contesting respondent. At their request, the Writ Petition is taken up for disposal at the time when the interlocutory application for vacating stay came up for consideration. The petitioners, the Government and the Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad, filed this Writ Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, inter alia, seeking to assail the correctness of the order dated 14.08.2007 in O.A.No.5829 of 2007 on the file of the A.P. Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad {“the Tribunal” for brevity}, wherein the application filed by the respondent herein under Section 19 of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985, in not conducting any enquiry or finalizing the proceedings in respect of the charges framed in January 2000. By taking into account the respective submissions and also the fact that there has been considerable delay, the Tribunal disposed of the O.A. holding that the said delay is not permissible and however, in the interest of justice, it was directed that the departmental proceedings shall be completed within a period of two {2} months from the date of receipt of a copy of that order and it is also made clear that if no such enquiry is conducted, the entire enquiry shall be dropped and all the retrial benefits due to the respondent need to be paid. It is against this order; the State preferred this Writ Petition. Though several contentions sought to be urged from both the sides, either way on merits, the fact remains that subsequent to the aforesaid order, the enquiry, which has been directed to be completed, has already been completed and the Enquiry Officer submitted a report on 22.09.2008, followed by a show cause notice dated 28.11.2008. It is these later proceedings, which have been again assailed by the respondent-applicant in O.A.No.1195 of 2009, wherein the Tribunal has suspended the said proceedings as per its order dated 23.03.2009 and the said O.A. is still pending. In view of the aforesaid subsequent events, irrespective of the fact that the entire enquiry has been completed beyond the period prescribed by the Tribunal and since O.A.No.1195 of 2009 is pending, the present Writ Petition has virtually become infructuous and it is not necessary to go into the merits of the same. Leaving it open to both the sides to raise their pleas and objections, if any, which shall be considered in O.A.No.1195 of 2009, the Writ Petition is dismissed. No costs. _________________ (B.PRAKASH RAO, J) ________________ (B.N.RAO NALLA, J) 8th September 2010 RRB