IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE J.CHELAMESWAR AND THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE M.VENKATESWARA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.12667 of 2005 Between: B. Chandra Mouli S/o B. Obulesu, Piler, Chittoor District ..... PETITIONER AND 1 M. Satyanarayana Reddy, Asst. Superintendent, Prohibition & Excise, Madanapalli, Chittoor District 2 P. Satyanarayana, Asst. Prohibition and Excise Superintendent, (Enforcement Wing) Anantapur, Anantapur District 3 T. Pundarikakshudu, Asst. Prohibition and Excise Superintendent, (Enforcement) Chittoor, Chittoor District 4 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, rep by Principal Secretary to Government, Revenue (Excise) Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad 5 The Commissioner of Prohibition and Excise, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Nampally, Hyderabad. 6 The Deputy Commissioner of Prohibition and Excise, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Guntur Division, Guntur .....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 an appropriate Writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus and declare that the common order of Hon'ble Tribunal dated 31-03-2005 passed in OA No. 5215 of 2004 with VMA Nos.195 of 2005 and 120 of 2005 OA No. 5058/2004 with VMA Nos. 199/2005 and 101 of 2005 and OA No. 5059/2004 with VMA Nos.198/2005 and 99/2005 as illegal arbitrary and discriminatory and set a side the same and consequently direct the Respondent Nos. 4 and 5 to regulate promotions to the post of Assistant Superintendent of Prohibition and Excise in Multi-Zone-II in Accordance with Seniority list of Inspectors of Prohibition and Excise of Multi-Zone-II notified vide Cr. No. 14031/2004 CPE/L3 dated 14-07-2004 and confirmed vide CR No. 14031/2004/CPE/L3 dated 06-09- 2004 of the 5th Respondent.. Counsel for the Petitioner : MR.P.NAVEEN RAO Counsel for the Respondents : GP FOR SERVICES-I The Court made the following : O R D E R (Per Sri Justice J.Chelameswar) This writ petition is filed with a prayer as follows: “to issue an appropriate Writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus and declare that the common order of Hon'ble Tribunal dated 31-02-2005 passed in OA No. 5215 of 2004 with VMA Nos.195 of 2005 and 120 of 2005 OA No. 5058/2004 with VMA Nos. 199/2005 and 101 of 2005 and OA No. 5059/2004 with VMA Nos.198/2005 and 99/2005 as illegal arbitrary and discriminatory and set a side the same and consequently direct the Respondent Nos. 4 and 5 to regulate promotions to the post of Assistant Superintendent of Prohibition and Excise in Multi-Zone-II in Accordance with Seniority list of Inspectors of Prohibition and Excise of Multi-Zone-II notified vide Cr. No. 14031/2004/CPE/L3 dated 14-07-2004 and confirmed vide CR No. 14031/2004/CPE/L3 dated 06-09-2004 of the 5th Respondent.. The orders impugned in this writ petition are interlocutory orders passed by the A.P. Administrative Tribunal during the pendency of the O.As referred to above. The grievance of the petitioner is that the interim orders, which are impugned herein, would affect his promotional prospects at this stage and such orders were passed without any notice to him. In such a case, the petitioner ought to have approached the A.P. Administrative Tribunal by an appropriate application, instead, rushing to this Court, by way of the present writ petition. In the circumstances, we do not see any merits in the writ petition and the same is accordingly dismissed at the admission stage itself. However, it is open to the petitioner to approach the A.P. Administrative Tribunal seeking an appropriate relief. No costs. ------------------------- J.CHELAMESWAR,J ------------------------------------- 28th JUNE, 2005 M.VENKATESWARA REDDY,J PGS To 1 The Principal Secretary, The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Revenue (Excise) Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad 2 The Commissioner of Prohibition and Excise, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Nampally, Hyderabad. 3 The Deputy Commissioner of Prohibition and Excise, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Guntur Division, Guntur 4. The Registrar, A.P. Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad. 5. Two CCs to G.P. for Services-I, High Court of A.P. Buildings, Hyderabad. THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE J.CHELAMESWAR AND THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE M.VENKATESWARA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.12667 OF 2005 (Per Sri Justice J.Chelameswar) 20th JUNE, 2005