IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH & THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR WRIT PETITION No.22756 of 2009 Between: The Secretary to Education Department, Govt.of A.P. Secretariat, Hyderabad and 2 others ..... PETITIONERS AND L.Yella Reddy and 31 others .....RESPONDENTS The Court made the following: THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH & THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR WRIT PETITION No.22756 of 2009 ORDER: (per Hon’ble Sri Justice V.Eswaraiah) This writ petition is filed against the orders of the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad (hereinafter referred to as “the Tribunal”) passed in O.A.2683/2002 dated 09.12.2004, as modified in Order dated 27.01.2005 in Rev.M.A.3744/2004. It is stated that Respondents Nos.1 to 29 are the retired teachers and in fact, the orders of the Tribunal in the said O.A. were already implemented. After implementing the said orders, this writ petition is filed after lapse of five years. Having regard to the facts of the case, without going into the merits of the case, we are not inclined to entertain this writ petition, as it suffers from apparent delay and latches. The Writ Petition is accordingly dismissed. However, it is made clear that the dismissal of the writ petition will not amount to approval of the impugned order of the Tribunal. No order as to costs. _____________________ V.ESWARAIAH,J _______________________________ VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR,J Dated: 23.10.2009 Dsr