IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE G.BHAVANI PRASAD WRIT PETITION NO : 4446 of 2005 Between: 1 The Secretary, APSRTC Employees Provident Fund Trust, Hyderabad. 2 The Executive Director, APSRTC Zonal Office, Cuddapah Zone, Cuddapah. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 Ponnepalli Madhusudhana Rao, Nandyal Depot, R/o Thotavari Street, D.No. 21-13-3, Ramalingeswarapet , Tenali, Guntur District. 2 The District Consumer Forum, Guntur. .....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 appropriate writ, order or direction especially one in the nature of writ of certiorari, calling for the records relating to the impugned order dt. 26-3-2004 made in C.D.No. 225/2001, District Consumer Forum, Guntur directing to refund the amount of Rs. 41,969/- with interest @ 12% p.a. and recast the PF amount of the respondent and pay the amount due to the respondent with interest @ 12% p.a. , and quash the same as being illegal without jurisdiction and invalid and pass such other order or orders just and necessary in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.R.MANMADHA REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.G.ALLABAKASH The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE Mr. JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED AND THE HON’BLE Mr. JUSTICE G. BHAVANI PRASAD W.P. NO.4446 of 2005 ORDER : ( Per HON’BLE Mr. JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED ) This Writ Petition has been ﬁled by the Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation challenging the order dated 26-3-2004 in CD No.225 of 2001 passed by the District Consumer Forum, Guntur, inter alia, directing to refund the provident fund amount of Rs.41,969/- with interest. It is now represented by the learned counsel for the respondent that in view of the judgment of the Division Bench of this Court in TULASI ENTERPRISES v. A.P. STATE CONSUMER COMMISSION, HYDERABAD ( ( 1 ) AIR 1991 ANDHRA PRADESH 326 ), the writ petition is not maintainable against the order passed by the District Consumer Forum. Following the judgment of this Court in TULASI ENTERPRISES’s case ( 1 supra), this writ petition is disposed of giving liberty to the petitioners to approach the appropriate forum as per law. No costs. _____________ GM, J ____________ GBP, J 17-9-2008 KK THE HON’BLE Mr. JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED AND THE HON’BLE Mr. JUSTICE G. BHAVANI PRASAD W.P. NO.4446 of 2005 17-9-2008