IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD TUESDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, TWO THOUSAND AND THREE : PRESENT : THE HON’BLE MR. DEVINDER GUPTA, THE CHIEF JUSTICE AND THE HON’BLE MS.JUSTICE : G. ROHINI WRIT APPEAL No.2078 of 2003 (Writ Appeal under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent against the Order dated 20-11- 2003 in W.P. No. 4279 of 2003 on the file of the High Court). Between: D.M. Sujatha Appellant AND 1. Smt. R. Sulochana Devi, W/o. N. Hiram Raju, Associate Principal, A.C. College, Guntur 2. The Principal Secretary, Higher Education, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad 3. The Commissioner of Collegiate Education, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad 4. The Regional Joint Director of Collegiate Education, Guntur 5. Andhra Christian College, Guntur, rep. by its Correspondent Respondents FOR THE APPELLANT: MR. D.V. SITHARAM MURTHY, ADVOCATE FOR THE RESPONDENT Nos.1 to 3: THE G.P. FOR HIGHER EDUCATION FOR THE RESPONDENT Nos.4 & 5: MR. A. GIRIDHAR RAO, ADVOCATE The Court made the following ORDER: “ Appellant’s application seeking dispensation to file certified or true copy of the order impugned having been allowed, appeal has been taken up for consideration today by us. Back-papers have not been sent since the file in writ petition is stated to be not received in the Registry so far. As such, we do not have the advantage of perusing the order of learned single Judge allowing the Writ Petition of the 1st respondent. Appellant is also seeking interim relief of stay of operation of the order passed by learned single Judge. Learned Counsel for first respondent states that pursuant to the impugned order, the management has passed an order appointing first respondent as Principal, who has taken over as such. Learned Counsel for appellant submits that appellant still continues to be the Principal and has not handed-over charge. 2 At this stage of the proceedings, it will not be appropriate for us to adjudicate as to whether the order of the Court has or has not been implemented. However, leaving the matter at that, we adjourn the appeal for 2- 12-2003. Till then, we will direct the parties to maintain status quo as of today. Registry will ensure that back papers are also kept in the bundle by the next adjourned date.” ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // for ASSISTANT REGISTRAR To 1. D.M. Sujatha, W/o. K.S. Arther, Vice Principal, A.C. College, Guntur 2. Smt. R. Sulochana Devi, W/o. N. Hiram Raju, Associate Principal, A.C. College, Guntur 3. The Principal Secretary, Higher Education, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad 4. The Commissioner of Collegiate Education, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad 5. The Regional Joint Director of Collegiate Education, Guntur 6. The Correspondent, Andhra Christian College, Guntur. (ADDRESSEES 1 TO 6 BY RPAD) 7. Two CCs to the G.P. for Higher Education, High Court of AP, Hyderabad 8. Two Spare Copies. MSR HIGH COURT DATE: 25-11-2003 ORDER W.A.No. 2078 of 2003 STATUS QUO HIGH COURT DRAFTED BY : MSR DRAFTED ON : 25-11-2003 HCJ & RGJ DATE: 25-11-2003 NOTE: POST ON 2-12-2003 ORDER W.A. No. 2078 of 2003 STATUS QUO