THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G.KRISHNA MOHAN REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 29697 of 2011. ORDER: (Per Goda Raghuram, J) This writ petition is directed against the order of the learned A.P. Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad (for short ‘the Tribunal’) dt. 17.9.2010 rejecting O.A.No. 4341 of 2008. The petitioner herein claims to have been serving a Panchayat Secretary in Ditchpally Grampanchayat, Nizamabad District and while so subjected to disciplinary proceedings resulting in an order dt. 28.10.1993 by the Collector (Panchayat Wing, Nizamabad) inflicting the penalty of stoppage of three annual grade increments with cumulative effect. The petitioner alleges that as no formal due processed enquiry preceded, the said punishment which is a major penalty is illegal. The petitioner claims to have made several representations to the Commissioner, Panchayat Raj and Rural Development against the orders of punishment. However, no particulars as to the year, month or the date on which representations have been made or any endorsements or proof of such representations/appeals having been made are either pleaded or furnished. Eventually, he submitted a representation to the State Government which was referred by the 3rd respondent to the 2nd respondent Commissioner of Panchayat Raj by the Memo dt. 3.12.2007. The 2nd respondent by the proceedings dt. 8.1.2008 rejected the appeal preferred by the petitioner as barred by limitation/laches. Aggrieved, the petitioner preferred O.A. before the Tribunal. The Tribunal correctly concluded that under Rule 35 of the A.P. Civil Services (C.C.A.) Rules, an appeal has to be preferred within three months from an order of penalty and as no appeal was preferred within the said time, rejection of the petitioner’s appeal in 2008 by the Commissioner, Panchayat Raj by the order dt. 8.1.2008 was impeccable and warranted no intervention under the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1995. On this reasoning, the O.A. preferred by the petitioner was dismissed. We concur. There are no merits in the writ petition, which is accordingly dismissed at the stage of admission. There shall be no order as to costs. _____________________ GODA RAGHURAM, J ____________________________ G.KRISHNA MOHAN REDDY,J 14.11.2011. KRB. THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G.KRISHNA MOHAN REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 29697 of 2011. ORDER: (Per Goda Raghuram, J) Dt. 14.11.2011.