THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.377 of 2004 ORDER: The petitioner is working as UDC in Electricity Revenue Office, Andhra Pradesh Southern Power Distribution Company Limited (APSPDCL), Vijayawada. The Superintending Engineer (Operation), Vijayawada, the second respondent herein, through proceedings dated 01.03.1988, imposed a punishment of treating the absence of the petitioner between July, 1986 and August, 1987 as leave of loss of pay without emoluments and directed stoppage of next two increments with cumulative effect. The petitioner preferred an appeal to the first respondent feeling aggrieved by the said orders. His grievance is that the appeal has not been disposed of as yet. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned standing counsel for APSPDCL. The writ petition itself is pending for the last six years before this Court. By all means, the appeal presented by the petitioner may have been disposed of by this time by the first respondent. Therefore, the writ petition is disposed of directing that in case the first respondent has not disposed of the appeal preferred by the petitioner against the order dated 01.03.1988 passed by the second respondent, he shall pass orders thereon within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. In case the appeal has already been disposed of, the petitioner is entitled to pursue remedies in accordance with law. There shall be no order as to costs. _______________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY, J 09th September, 2010 GHN