IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD 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 : 27759 of 2007 Between: N.B.G.P. Bapiraju S/o Venkata Subbaraju Z.P. High School, Peddanandra Kolanu, Nedamarru Mandal, West Godavari District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Chief Executie Officer, A.P. West Godavari District at Eluru. 2 The District Educational Officer, West Godavari, eluru. 3 The Commissioner & Director of School Education, A.P.,Hyderabad. 4 Government of A.P., rep y its Secretary Education Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. .....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 a Writ, order or direction more in the nature of Certiorari calling for the records relating to the order of the Administrative Tribunal in M.A. No. 134 of 2006 in O.A. SR. No. 15907 of 2005 dated 12-11-2007 and set- a side the same and consequently hold that the petitioner is entitled for weightage of service rendered by him in Sri Ch. Bapiraju Dharma Samstha Management for purposes of Seniority in the cadre of Record Assistant for promotion, and other career of Service i.e seniority, pay, pension etc., duly regularizing the gap period from 29-7-1971 to 19- 4-1984 as continuity of service as was extended to other similarly situated persons with all consequential benefits and pass such other and further orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.D.LINGA RAO Counsel for the Respondents : GP FOR EDUCATION The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED & THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.27759 OF 2007 ORDER: ( per Hon’ble Sri Justice Ghulam Mohammed ) This writ petition is filed against the order dated 12-11-2007 passed in MA No.134 of 2006 in OA (Sr) No.15907 of 2005 by the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad. 2. The Tribunal by the impugned order dated 12-11-2007 dismissed the MA No.134 of 2006 in OA (Sr) No.15907 of 2005 on the ground that there is delay of 22 years, 11 months and 16 days in filing the OA and no cause muchless sufficient cause has been show by the applicant-writ petitioner to condone such an enormous delay. 3. In the circumstances, we do not find any infirmity in the impugned order warranting interference by this Court and the writ petition is accordingly dismissed. No order as to costs. _____________________ Ghulam Mohammed, J ______________________ C.V. Ramulu, J Dated: 23rd June, 2008 Nrg. ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{TRT}