IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) PRESENT: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY MONDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, TWO THOUSAND EIGHT ONLY WRIT PETITION No.16160 of 2005 Between: M.Bhaskar. … Petitioner And The Divisional Manager, APSRTC, Suryapet Division, Suryapet, Nalgonda District and another. … Respondents Counsel for the petitioner: Sri V.Narasimha Goud. Counsel for the respondents: None. This Court made the following: ORDER:- This Writ Petition is filed for a Writ of Mandamus to set aside order dated 21-2-2005, whereby respondent No.1 dismissed the appeal filed by the petitioner, against order dated 25-2-1992 passed by respondent No.2, as time barred. After hearing Sri V.Narasimha Goud, learned counsel for the petitioner, and perused the record, I am of the view that the impugned order of respondent No.1 does not suffer from any illegality requiring interference of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. Admittedly, the petitioner did not avail the remedy of appeal for more than 12 years against the order passed by respondent No.2 imposing on him the penalty of withholding one annual increment for a period of six months with the effect of postponing the future increments. As the delay of 12 years is substantial and not explained, respondent No.1 is justified in rejecting the appeal as time barred. I do not, therefore, find any ground to interfere with the order passed by respondent No.1. The Writ Petition is, therefore, dismissed. ------------------------------------ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY,J Date:24-11-2008 MNR