IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.20809 of 2008 Between: Sri K. Chatopadhyaya, S/o. Late Venkateswara Rao, APSRTC, Gajuwaka Depot, Residing at LIG-32, Sagarnagar, Visakhapatnam. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 A.P. State Road Transport Corporation, Rep by its Managing Director, Musheerabad, Hyderabad. 2 The Depot Manager, A.P.S.R.T.C., Gajuwaka Depot, Gajuwaka, Visakhapatnam District. 3 Industrial Tribunal Cum Labour Court, Visakhapatnam. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Aﬃdavit ﬁled herein the High Court may be pleased to issue a writ or order or direction more particularly in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the inaction on the part of the Respondents No.3 in not disposing oﬀ the petitioner’s case i.e., ID.NO.98/2007 pending before him as arbitrary, illegal, capricious and violative of Principles of natural justice and consequently direct the Respondent No.3 to dispose of the ID No.98/2007 within a reasonable time as may be fixed by the Hon'ble court. Counsel for the Petitioner: SMT.V.DYUMANI Counsel for the Respondents 1 & 2: MR. K.MADHAVA REDDY(SC FOR APSRTC) Counsel for the Respondent No.3: G.P. FOR LABOUR The Court made the following: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.20809 OF 2008 ORDER: This writ petition is ﬁled seeking a writ of Mandamus declaring the inaction on the part of the 3rd respondent- Industrial Tribunal-cum-Labour, Visakhapatnam, in disposing of the Industrial Dispute raised by the petitioner in I.D.No.98 of 2007, as arbitrary and illegal. It appears, the petitioner, who was working as Conductor in the respondent Corporation, was imposed with a punishment of removal from service for certain cash and ticket irregularities alleged to have been committed by him. Both the appeal and the review petition ﬁled by the petitioner, aggrieved by the said punishment imposed by the disciplinary authority, were dismissed by the appellate as well as the reviewing authorities respectively. Thereafter, he ﬁled a claim petition, under Section 2-A (2) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, before the Industrial Tribunal-cum-Labour Court, Visakhapatnam, and the same was numbered as I.D.No.98 of 2007. While so, the grievance of the petitioner is that the said I.D. is not yet disposed of by the Tribunal and that he is out of employment since more than six years and is now aged 55 years, and therefore he seeks a direction to the Tribunal to dispose of the said I.D. expeditiously. In the facts and circumstances of the case, without expressing any opinion on merits, the 3rd respondent- Industrial Tribunal-cum-Labour Court, Visakhapatnam, is directed to dispose of the I.D.No.98 of 2007 pending on its ﬁle, as per law, within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to cots. _________________ JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU 24th September, 2008. Note:- Issue CC in one week. BO IBL