IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE K.C. BHANU WRIT PETITION NO : 12846 of 2005 Between: V.S. Rajaiah S/o. V.S. Veerapandithar At Kalyanakatta R/o. 13-3-318, SKD Nagar, Tirupati, Chittoor District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Executive Officer, Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanam, Tirupathi, Chittoor District. 2 The Board of Trustees, TTD, Tirumala Tirupathi, Chittor District. .....RESPONDENTS 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, writ or one in more particularly in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 2nd respondent in not disposing of the petitioner's appeal dt. 18-1-2005 preferred against the proceedings Roc.No. DA/4/26496/2003 dt. 30-11-2004 as illegal and arbitrary and consequently direct the 2nd respondent to dispose of the above appeal at the earliest. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: MR.PALLENAGESWAR RAO The Court, at the admission stage, made the following : ORAL ORDER: This writ petition is filed seeking a Mandamus to declare the action of the 2nd respondent in not disposing of the appeal dated 18.1.2005 preferred by the petitioner against the proceedings Roc.No.DA/4/26496/2003, dated 30.11.2004 as illegal and arbitrary. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned standing counsel for the respondents and perused the material on record. An appropriate decision has to be taken by the 2nd respondent in the appeal, which was filed by the petitioner against the order of the 1st respondent. Therefore, without entering into the merits of the case, I consider it appropriate to direct the 2nd respondent to dispose of the appeal, dated 18.1.2005 filed by the petitioner, in accordance with law, within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. The writ petition is disposed of in terms of the above direction. In the circumstances of the case, there shall be no order as to costs. _______________ (K.C. BHANU, J.) 17th June, 2005 bcj To 1 The Executive Officer, Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanam, Tirupathi, Chittoor District. 2 The Board of Trustees, TTD, Tirumala Tirupathi, Chittor District. 3 Two C.D. copies Note: Furnish copy in two days B/o bcj