THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.V.RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO.25563 OF 2008 ORDER Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned standing counsel for the respondent Central Power Distribution Company Limited (APCPDCL) and at their request, the writ petition is taken up for disposal at the admission stage itself. In this writ petition, the grievance of the petitioner is that against the impugned order passed by the 2nd respondent-Superintending Engineer, APCPDCL, imposing punishment of stoppage of one increment with cumulative effect, he preferred an appeal before the 1st respondent- Chairman and Managing Director on 22.4.2002 but so far no orders have been passed on the said appeal. The learned standing counsel for the respondent company submits that since the appeal filed by the petitioner against the impugned orders is already pending with the 1st respondent, instead of this Court going into the merits of the matter, the 1st respondent may be directed to dispose of the appeal itself, for which course of action, the learned counsel for the petitioner also agreed. In the circumstances, without going into the merits of the matter, the writ petition is disposed of directing the Chairman and Managing Director, APCPDCL, the 1st respondent herein to dispose of the appeal preferred by the petitioner against the orders passed by the 2nd respondent as expeditiously as possible, preferably, within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of th is order, if not already disposed of. N.V.RAMANA,J Dt.21.11.2008 msv