THE HON'BLE SMT. JUSTICE T.MEENA KUMARI and THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE G.V. SEETHAPATHY WRIT PETITION NO : 24707 of 2010 ORDER: (per Hon’ble Smt. Justice T. Meena Kumari) Assailing the order of the A.P. Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad passed in O.A. No.1199 of 2009, dated 31.1.2009, the department filed the present writ petition. The facts in brief are that the 1st respondent herein filed O.A. No. 1199 of 2009 before the Tribunal seeking to declare the action of the departmental authorities in not considering her case for promotion to the post of School Assistant as illegal and arbitrary. She also sought for a consequential direction to consider her case in the ensuing selections. The Tribunal, by the order impugned in this writ petition, while admitting the O.A. has granted interim direction to the departmental authorities to consider the case of the applicant for promotion to the post of School Assistant, treating the applicant as member of service in the category of S.G.T. in East Godavari District. Aggrieved by the said order, the department filed the present writ petition. Admittedly, the impugned order was passed by the Tribunal in the year 2009 and the department filed the present writ petition nearly after a period of one year eight months. If really, the department is aggrieved by the interim order passed by the Tribunal, it ought to have filed a vacate petition before the Tribunal seeking vacation of the said interim order. Hence, we do not find any valid reason or justification for filing the present writ petition. At this stage, learned Special Government Pleader representing the learned Addl. Advocate General has submitted that the department has already filed a vacate petition before the Tribunal and the same is pending. In view of the aforesaid submission of the learned Special Government Pleader, it would suffice if a direction is issued to the Tribunal to dispose of the vacate petition. Accordingly, there shall be a direction to the Tribunal to dispose of the vacate petition, if any, filed by the department in the aforementioned O.A., as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. The writ petition fails and it is accordingly dismissed. No costs. ___________________ T. MEENA KUMARI,J DATE: 6th October, 2010 _________________ G.V. SEETHAPATHY pnb