THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.V.RAMANA Writ Petition No. 420 of 2007 Dated: 5-1-2007 Between: P.Maheshwasra Rao. ..PETITIONER AND Eastern Power Distribution Company Ltd rep by its Chairman and Managing Director, Visakhapatnam and 3 others. ...RESPONDENTS THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.V.RAMANA Writ Petition No. 420 of 2007 ORDER: Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submitted that the petitioner aggrieved by the order dated 7-3-2005 passed by the 1st respondent, which is impugned in the writ petition, preferred appeal to the Chairman and Managing Director of A.P.E.P.D.C.L on 30-4-2005. The petitioner has also made an application on 26-12-2006 seeking suspension of the order dated 7-3-2005. But the appellate authority, so far, has not considered either the suspension petition or the main appeal. It is further submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that similar writ petitions in W.P.No.267 of 2007 and batch were disposed of by order dated 4-1-2007 directing the appellate authority to dispose of the appeal filed by the petitioners therein and the same is admitted to by the learned Standing Counsel for the respondent- Corporation. In the circumstances, I deem it appropriate to direct the appellate authority to dispose of the said appeal as expeditiously as possible preferably within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. No order as to costs. ________________ N.V.RAMANA,J DATE: 05.01.2007 Grk/TVK THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.V.RAMANA Writ Petition No. 420 of 2007 Dated: 5-1-2007