IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED And THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.27328 of 2008 Between: Lingala Sattaiah S/o. Abbullaiah, Yerrapahad, Village of Nutanakala Revenue Mandal, Nalgonda District. ...PETITIONER AND 1 The State of Andhra Pradesh Rep. by its District Collector (Panchayat Wing) 2 The District Panchayat officer, Nalgonda District, Nalgonda. 3 The Gram Panchayat, Yerrapahad Village, Nutanakal Revenue Mandal, Nalgonda District, Rep. by its Sarpanch. 4 L. Ramulu S/o. Lingaiah, R/o Yerrapahad Village, Nutanakal Revenue Mandal, Nalgonda 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 Direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Prohibition declaring that the A.P.A.T. has no jurisdiction to entertain the O.A.No. 6281 of 2006 and consequently withdraw the said OA No. 6281 of 2006 from the file of APAT invoking the powers under Article 227 of the constitution of India Section 24 of CPC or alternatively direct the APAT to dispose of the OA 6281 of 2006 within three weeks strictly on its merits. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.K.ASHOK REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR PANCHAYAT RAJ & RURAL DEV. The Court made the following: THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED AND THE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.27328 of 2008 ORDER: (Per the Hon’ble Mr Justice Ghulam Mohammed) This Writ Petition is filed questioning the action of the Hon’ble A.P. Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad (“the Tribunal” for brevity), for not disposing of O.A.No.6281 of 2006, which is pending on its file. The grievance of the petitioner is that the matter has been kept pending for more than three years even when the pleadings are already completed. The non-disposal of the said O.A. results in serious infirmities and cause prejudice to the petitioner. On hearing both the sides, we are not inclined to go through the contentions advanced in the Writ Petition since the request made is only for an early disposal of the O.A. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case under which the O.A. is filed, we deem it appropriate to direct the Tribunal to dispose of the O.A. as expeditiously as possible within a period of three {3} months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. With the above direction, the Writ Petition is disposed of. Office is directed to communicate this order to the Registrar, A.P. Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad at the earliest. _____________________ (GHULAM MOHAMMED, J) _________________ (SANJAY KUMAR, J) 17th December 2008 RRB