IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE K.C. BHANU WRIT PETITION No. 5688 of 2005 Between: C.Ravindran, S/o K. Chenchaiah, Tirupathi, Chittoor District. ..... PETITIONER AND The Executive Officer, Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanam Board of Trustees, T.T.D. Devasthanam, Tirupati, Chittoor 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 a Writ, Order of direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the Respondent in not disposing of the Appeal Petition filed on 2-9-2002 as illegal, arbitrary and against the principles of natural justice and consequently direct the Respondent to consider and dispose of the Appeal dated 2-9-2002 filed by the Petitioner, as expeditiously as possible in the interest of justice, and pass such other order or orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the interest of justice. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.M.KESAVA RAO Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR P.HARINATHA GUPTHA (SC FOR TTD) The Court at the admission stage made the following: ORDER: Declaring the action of the respondent in not disposing of the appeal petition filed by the petitioner, dated 02.09.2002, as illegal and arbitrary, the present writ petition is filed. Heard the learned Counsel for the petitioner and the learned standing Counsel for the respondent. The petitioner cannot be permitted to prosecute two parallel proceedings in respect of the same cause of action. The grievance of the petitioner is that his appeal petition dated 02.09.2002, so far, has not been disposed of by the respondent. Therefore, without entering into the merits of the case, the respondent is directed to dispose of the appeal petition dated 02.09.2002, filed by the petitioner, if it is pending with him, within a period of 2 (two) months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. The Writ Petition is, accordingly, disposed of. No order as to costs. Dated: 21.03.2005 Dsr ASSISTANT REGISTRAR To: 1. The Executive Officer, Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanam Board of Trustees, T.T.D.Devasthanam, Tirupathi, Chittoor District 2. Two CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{AVLR}