IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD TUESDAY, THE Eighth DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SMT. JUSTICE T.MEENA KUMARI and THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE P.S. NARAYANA WRIT APPEAL NO : 269 of 2008 (Writ Appeal under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent against the Order dated 03/12/2007 in WP NO : 16052 OF 2005 on the file of the High Court.) Between: 1 Senior General Manager, Rep. by Diwakar Nair, (Projects) Patel Engineering Limited, Engineers & Contractos, Post Srisailam Dam, Mahaboobnagar District. 2 Vice President, Rep. by T.S. Reddy, Patel Engineering Limited, Engineers & Contractos, 6-3-635, Fourth Floor, Akashganga Apartments, Khairatabad, Hyderabad. ..... APPELLANTS AND 1 S.Murtuza S/o.Ismail R/o.H.No.D/569, near Khadar Hotel Eastern Colony, Srisailam Dam (East) Kurnool. 2 Chief Engineer, A P Generation Corporation LImited (GENCO), Srisailam Left Bank, SLBHES, Mahaboobnagar. 3 The Presiding Officer, Labour Court-III, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENT(S) Counsel for the Appellants:MR.B.VIJAYSEN REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.L.PRABHAKAR REDDY The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SMT. JUSTICE T.MEENA KUMARI and THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE P.S. NARAYANA WRIT APPEAL NO : 269 of 2008 JUDGMENT: (Per Smt.T. Meena Kumari,J) This appeal by the appellants-original petitioners has been directed against order dated 3.12.2007 whereby the learned Single Judge, while making the interim order passed earlier absolute, directed the appellant- employer to deposit half of the amount payable to the workman and permitted the workman to withdraw the same on such deposit. Heard the learned advocates appearing for both the parties. It is not in dispute that the workman who was employed with the appellants has left the job. Therefore, upon hearing the learned advocates for the parties and looking to the facts of the case, it is directed that the appellant-employer shall deposit the amount as directed by the Labour Court. However, the said amount shall not be permitted to be withdrawn by the workman. The amount so deposited shall be invested in a nationalized bank by way of a fixed deposit initially for a period of two years. The interest shall not be permitted to be withdrawn by the workman. At the end of the litigation, appropriate order shall be passed as regards the disbursement of amount so deposited and the amount of interest that will accrue on the deposited amount. Subject to the above direction, the appeal is partly allowed with no order as to costs. It would be open to the learned advocates to approach the learned Single Judge with a request to fix a date for early hearing of the writ petition. We are sure that if such a request is made, the same will be considered by the learned Single Judge looking to the facts and circumstances of the case. The writ appeal is accordingly allowed in part. No costs. ___________________ T. MEENA KUMARI,J DATE: 8th April, 2008 _________________ P.S. NARAYANA,J pnb Two C.D. copies