IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SMT. JUSTICE T.MEENA KUMARI and THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE G.CHANDRAIAH WRIT PETITION NO : 2549 of 2008 Between: M. Rama Krishna Naik, S/o Sri Nowlock Naik, Kurrapalli Thanda, Ramapuram (M), Kadapa District ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Divisional Forest Officedr, Kadapa, Kadapa District. 2 The Conservatort of Forests, Kurnool Circle, Kurnool, Kurnool District. 3 the Principal Chief Conservator, of Forests, A.P., Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENT(S) Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue an order or direction or Writ particularly one in the nature of Writ of Certiorari calling for the records relating to the orders of A.P. Administrative Tribunal passed in OA No. 3329 of 2006 dt 07-12-2006 and quash the same as illegal, arbitrary and unjust and contrary to law and violative of Article 14, 16 & 21 of the constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents to consider and to dispose of the post of protection watcher or Attender or any other suitable posts at least on daily wages basis, due to his starvation and pass such other order or further orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the interest of justice. Counsel for the Petitioner:MS.B.MALLESWARI Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR FORESTS The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SMT. JUSTICE T.MEENA KUMARI and THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE G.CHANDRAIAH WRIT PETITION NO : 2549 of 2008 ORDER: (Per the Honourable Smt. Justice T.Meena Kumari) This writ petition is filed by the petitioner seeking to set aside the order of the tribunal passed in O.A.3329 of 2006 on 7.12.2006 and to direct the respondents to consider and dispose of the representation dated 1.5.2006 filed by the petitioner for the post of protection watcher or attender or any other suitable post on daily wage basis. The petitioner is the applicant before the tribunal and he filed the O.A. seeking to declare the action of the respondent terminating him orally without showing any reasons. The tribunal having observed that in view of the inordinate delay in filing the O.A., the same cannot be entertained, dismissed the O.A. Having aggrieved by the same, the present writ petition is filed by the petitioner Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned G.P. for forests and perused the entire material available on record as well as the order impugned. Before going into the merits of the case, it is pertinent to note that the applicant worked on daily wage basis between 31.8.1990 to 31.1.1992. The applicant has not worked thereafter. His representation dated 13.9.1998 has been rejected on 18.9.1998. But, the present O.A has been preferred in the year 2006. No explanation is forthcoming for such an inordinate delay. Apart from that, the contention put forth by the respondent that the applicant has not worked after 31.1.1992, has not been controverted at least by filing a reply. In this view of the matter, We feel that there are no bonafides on the part of the applicant in filing the O.A after a long lapse of time as rightly observed by the tribunal. Hence, We see no merits in this writ petition and the same is liable to be dismissed. Accordingly, this writ petition is dismissed. No costs. __________________ Justice T.Meena Kumari __________________ Justice G.Chandraiah Date:11.3.2008 Gurc/nn THE HON'BLE SMT. JUSTICE T.MEENA KUMARI and THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE G.CHANDRAIAH WRIT PETITION NO : 2549 of 2008 (Order of Division Bench delivered by the Honourable Smt. Justice T.Meena Kumari) 11.3.2008