IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 5901 of 2009 Between: G.Ashok Chander S/o.Madhava Rao Naidu AP Forest Development Corporation Limited, Guntimadugu Asupaka headquarters, Sathupalli Divison R/o.124A Muthyalamma Temple,Bypass Road Sathupalli, Khammam District ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Managing Director, AP Forest Development Corporation Limited,3rd floor, A.C.Guards, Masab Tank, Hyderabad 2 The Regional Manager, AP Forest Development Corporation Limited, Opp:Arts college, Rajahmundry, East Godavari District 3 The Divisional Manager, AP Forest Development Corporation Limited, Sathupalli, Khammam 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 a writ order or directions more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus to call for the records pertaining to the Recovery proceedings No.1.8.01/2006-07/447 dated 31.5.2006 the Recovery proceedings No.1.8.01/RPPL/DM/KTDM/2006-07/3017, dated 18.1.2007 the office order No.29/2007 dated 20.8.2007 the office order No.35/2007 dated 31.10.2007 the Recovery Proceedings No.1.8.20./PW/DM/SPL/1116 dated 7.11.2007 the recovery Proceedings no.CRs/2006-07dated 12.11.2007 the Recovery proceedings No.1.8.20/PW/DM/SPL/1272 dated 7.12.2007 Recovery proceedings No.Har.EP/PW/DM/Spl/2007-08/623 dated 1.8.2008 the Revised Recovery proceedings No.Har.EP/PW/DM/Spl/2007-08/722 dated 26.8.2088 the proceedings No.CRs/2007-08 dated 25.11.2008 and the office order No.1/2009 dated 7.1.2009 issued by the Respondent No.3 and set aside in respect of the petitioner herein B.to consider and pass appropriate orders in respect of the Appeal filed before the Respondent No.2 herein C.to direct the respondent to pay the recovered amounts with all consequential benefits and attendant benefits D.to award costs by holding the inaction of the respondents as bad illegal, irrational illogical, bad arbitrary, discriminatory, disproportionate, void violative of Rules, and Regulations and also violative of of Articles, 14,16 and 21 of the Constitution of India. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.A.NAGENDRA RAO Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.P.SREE RAMULU NAIDU The Court made the following : ORDER The petitioner was appointed as Plantation Assistant on 24.1.1983 and posted at Marrigudem, Annapureddypalli Range, Khammam District. He was promoted to the post of Assistant Plantation Manager in the year 1986 and further promoted to the post of Deputy Plantation Manager on 01.01.1989. He was transferred and posted at Paloncha Division on 15.10.1990 and thereafter to Manchiryala Range, Adilabad District where he worked upto 31.12.1993. After bifurcation of Kothagudem Division into Kothagudem and Sathupalli Division on 1.11.2006, he has been transferred to Sathupalli Division. Certain recovery proceedings have been initiated against him. He filed appeals before 1st and 2nd respondents assailing the recovery proceedings. The appeals filed by him are stated to be pending. When the writ petition came up for admission, Sri P.Sri Ramulu Naidu, learned Standing Counsel of Andhra Pradesh Forest Development Corporation Limited, takes notice on behalf of the respondents. Heard the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and perused the material placed on record. It is stated in the writ affidavit that the petitioner challenged the recovery proceedings by filing appeals before 1st and 2nd respondents. Since the appeals are pending before the respondents, I deem it not appropriate to go into the validity of the recovery proceedings and instead it is trite to direct 1st and 2nd respondents to dispose of the appeals filed by the petitioner. In that view of the matter, the writ petition is disposed of directing the 1st and 2nd respondents to dispose of the appeals filed by the petitioner assailing the recovery proceedings. __________ 20-03-2009 rkk