HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE L. NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.12787 OF 2011 ORDER: The petitioner was appointed as Supervisor on 25-12-1986 in the A.P. Beverages Corporation Limited (for short ‘Corporation’), the 1st respondent herein. A punishment of reduction in rank to the post of Assistant, permanently and recovery of 50% of the loss sustained on account of his acts and omissions was imposed on the petitioner by the 1st respondent vide proceedings, dated 27-09-1993. W.P. No.28859 of 1985 filed by the petitioner was allowed on 25-11-1999 on the ground that there could not have been reduction to a post inferior to the one in which the petitioner was initially appointed. However, it was left open to the respondents to pass orders in accordance with law. Thereafter, the Managing Director of the Corporation passed an order, dated 14-03-2001, imposing the punishment of stoppage of promotion permanently and directing recovery of Rs.58,586/-. 2. The petitioner filed W.P. No.4101 of 2010 challenging the order, dated 14-03-2001. An objection was raised by the respondents stating that the writ petition is barred by laches. Through order, dated 15-07-2010, this Court declined to interfere with the order, but left it open to the petitioner to avail the remedy of appeal, within four weeks from the date of that order. 3. Petitioner presented the appeal on 01-12-2010. The Appellate Authority i.e. the Chairman of the Corporation rejected the appeal through order, dated 29-03-2011, on the ground that it is barred by limitation. The same is challenged in this writ petition. 4. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned counsel for the respondents. 5. The appeal would certainly have been barred by limitation had it been filed straightaway 10 years after the proceedings through which the punishment was imposed upon the petitioner. As observed earlier, he approached this Court by filing W.P. No.4101 of 2010. This Court left it open to the petitioner to prefer an appeal within a period of four weeks from the date of that order. The petitioner could certainly have preferred the appeal within four weeks from 15-07-2010. However, unless the appeal is accompanied by a copy of the order, it would not have been entertained by the Appellate Authority. It is stated that the certified copy of the order was furnished after much time and soon thereafter he presented the appeal. Once, this Court has shown indulgence in enabling the petitioner to prefer the appeal, the Chairman ought to have entertained the same and passed orders on merits, instead of being hyper technical. In case, the respondents have any objection for enabling the petitioner to prefer the appeal, they ought to have raised it when this Court facilitated it. 6. Hence, the Writ Petition is allowed and the impugned order, dated 29-03-2011, is set aside. The Appellate Authority is directed to pass orders on the appeal on merits within a period of two (2) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. There shall be no order as to costs. ___________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY, J September 28, 2011. KTL