THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 24045 of 2011 ORDER: The petitioner is working as Divisional Engineer in A.P. Northern Power Distribution Company Limited, respondent No.1 herein. Disciplinary proceedings were initiated against him by framing charges through Memo, dated 06.05.2010. Explanation was submitted and domestic enquiry was conducted. A memo, dated 22.07.2011, was issued to the petitioner imposing punishment of dismissal from service. The petitioner states that he submitted a representation to the respondents to furnish the documents and the depositions relied upon in the course of enquiry. It is urged that his request has not been complied with. Respondent No.1 issued a memo, dated 11.08.2011, requiring the petitioner to remit a sum of Rs.96,525/- representing the interest on the amount which is said to have been wrongfully paid at the behest of the petitioner and recovered from an agency. The petitioner feels aggrieved by both the memos. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Standing Counsel for the respondents. So far as the memo, dated 22.07.2011, is concerned, it requires the petitioner to submit explanation as to why proposed punishment be not imposed. Though the said memo is challenged, this Court is not inclined to interfere with the same. The documents and the depositions relied upon in the course of enquiry must be furnished to the petitioner. Without them, the petitioner cannot submit an effective explanation. The respondents required the petitioner to remit a sum of Rs.96,525/- through memo, dated 11.08.2011. Unless the liability upon the petitioner is fixed either through proceedings initiated in a Court of law or in the course of disciplinary proceedings, he cannot be required to remit that amount. If ultimately the petitioner is held liable to pay that amount in the final orders passed in the disciplinary proceedings, necessary steps in that direction can be taken. Hence, the writ petition is partly allowed; (a) setting aside the memo, dated 11.08.2011, but leaving it open to the respondents to take necessary steps depending upon the outcome of the final orders passed in the disciplinary proceedings; and (b) the respondents are directed to furnish the copies of the documents and the depositions that are relied upon in the course of enquiry, to the petitioner to enable him to file explanation/representation in reply to the memo, dated 22.07.2011. There shall be no order as to costs. ________________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY,J Dt:26.08.2011 kdl