IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 24420 of 2008 Between: S.Raghu Prasad S/o.S.V.Siva Sastry Presently working as Manager, Regional office Central Bank of India., Hubli ..... PETITIONER AND The Central Bank of India., Hyderabad Zonal Office Bank Street,Koti, Hyderabad rep.by its Disciplinary Authority/Asst.General Manager Mr.M.K.Sinha .....RESPONDENT Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue an appropriate writ order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring order of the respondent dated 27.9.2008 made in order No.ZO:HRD:DAD 2008-09 :1816 imposing consolidated penalty of dismissal which shall ordinarily be a disqualification for future employment communicated through the Administrative order dated 30.9.2008 as against the procedure contemplated under the Central Bank of India Officer Employees (Discipline Appeal) Regulations 1976 arbitrary, illegal, violative of principles of natural justice discriminatory non-application of mind to the relevant material available on record colourable exercise of power violative of the Fundamental Rights guaranteed to me under Articles 14 & 16 of the Constitution of India and consequently set aside the same and direct the respondent to permit petitioner to work as Manager. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.C.V.R.RUDRA PRASAD Counsel for the Respondent No.: . The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 24420 of 2008 ORDER: At the interlocutory stage, the writ petition itself is taken up for final disposal, with the consent of both the learned counsel. Questioning the order, dated 27.09.2008, passed by the respondent, imposing consolidated penalty of dismissal, as communicated to the petitioner through communication, dated 30.09.2008, the present Writ Petition is filed. While admitting the Writ Petition on 07.11.2008, this Court granted interim suspension of the impugned order as prayed for. Today, when the matter is taken up for consideration, it is brought to the notice of this Court by the learned counsel for the respondent that against the order impugned in this Writ Petition, the petitioner has already preferred a statutory appeal before the appellate authority, which was also admitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner and he seeks a direction to the appellate authority to dispose of the appeal expeditiously. In that view of the matter, without going into the merits of the matter, I deem it appropriate to direct the appellate authority to dispose of the appeal said to have been filed by the petitioner as expeditiously as possible. Subject to the above direction, the Writ Petition is disposed of. No costs. ______________ N.V.RAMANA,J Dated.02.12.2008 GJ