IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO : 13043 of 2007 Between: 1 The Government of A.P. rep. by its Prl. Secretary Agriculture and Co-Operation (Vig.Cell-II) Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Director of Marketing, BRK Building, Lower Tankbund, Hyderabad. 3 The Joint Director of Marketing, Visakhapatnam. 4 The Assistant Director of Marketing, Vizianagaam. 5 The Deputy Director of Marketing, Visakhapatnam. 6 Yeddu Srinivasa Rao S/o. Ex-Chairman, Agricultural Market Committee, Kurupam, Kadaripuram, Gummalakshmipuram Mandal, Vizianagaram District. ... PETITIONERS AND Dasari Ganeswara Rao, S/o.Mallaiah Big Weavers STreet, Mandasa (Post & Village) Srikakulam District. ....RESPONDENT 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 or direction more particularly one in the nature of "Writ of Certiorari" calling for the records relating to and connected with order dt. 14.7.2006 in O.A.No.11432/02 on the file of the Hon'ble A.P.A.T., Hyderabad and to quash or set-aside the same by holding as erroneous and contrary to law. Counsel for the Petitioners:GP FOR SERVICES I Counsel for the Respondent: MR.A.JAGANNATHA RAO The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.13043 OF 2007 O R D E R: (Per Hon’ble Sri Justice Ghulam Mohammed) This Writ Petition is filed seeking to set aside the order, dated 14.07.2006, made in O.A.No.11432 of 2002, on the file of the A.P. Administrative Tribunal. The Counsel for the respondent has drawn our attention to the order passed by the Commissioner and Director of Agriculture and Marketing, Government of Andhra Pradesh on 15.06.2007, whereunder it is stated that there was misappropriation in respect of Agricultural Market Committee funds by the respondent-Ganeswara Rao, Ex-Assistant Secretary, Agricultural Market Committee, Kurupam, who was dismissed from service and that he filed O.A.No.11432 of 2002 before the A.P. Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad, which set aside the dismissal order of the respondent and ordered reinstatement of the respondent; that pursuant to the said order, de novo enquiry was conducted and that it was revealed that the Chairman of the Market Committee has collected the amount from the staff at the check post to remit the same in the bank though he is not competent to do so and misappropriated the amount, but not the petitioner. However, the entire misappropriated amount was subsequently remitted to the Market Committee funds. The Government in the Memo No.752/Vig.II(1)/203-7, dated 06.06.2007, directed reinstatement of the respondent. Accordingly, the respondent was reinstated. In view of the same, nothing survives in this Writ Petition and accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. ___________________________ GHULAM MOHAMMED, J. Date: 23.06.2008 _________________ C.V.RAMULU, J. GS