IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO : 20926 of 2008 Between: R.Rambabu S/o.Venkaiah R/o. Kothapet, Chirala, Prakasam District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 B.B.H. College represented by its Secretary & Correspondent, Vetapalem, Prakasam District. 2 Director & Commissioner of Collegiate Education, Hyderabad. 3 Regional Joint Director of Collegiate Education, 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 a writ, order or direction, more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the proceedings of the 1st respondent dated 27.2.2008 in Rc.No.A/ESTT/2008 and the order of the 3rd respondent dated 17.6.2008 in Rc.No.320/B1/2008 conﬁrming the order of the 1st respondent and the action of the 2nd respondent in not disposing of the appeal pending before it as arbitrary, illegal and without jurisdiction and in violation of the well settled principles of natural justice. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.RAMA RAO GHANTA Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR EDUCATION The Court made the following : THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.20926 OF 2008 ORDER: It appears, by proceedings dated 27.02.2008 of the Secretary and Correspondent of the 1st respondent College, the petitioner, who is working as a Lecturer in Economics in the said College, was imposed with a punishment of deferment of one increment without cumulative eﬀect, as a measure of disciplinary proceedings initiated against him for certain misconduct alleged to have been committed by him. Aggrieved by the said proceedings, the petitioner preferred an appeal before the 3rd respondent- Regional Joint Director of Collegiate Education, Guntur, but the same was rejected, by order dated 17.06.2008, conﬁrming the punishment imposed on him. While so, the grievance of the petitioner is that against the said order, dated 17.06.2008, passed by the 3rd respondent, he preferred further appeal before the 2nd respondent- Director and Commissioner of Collegiate Education, Hyderabad, on 28.06.2008, but the same is not yet disposed of. In the facts and circumstances, without expressing any opinion on merits, the 2nd respondent- Director and Commissioner of Collegiate Education, Hyderabad, is directed to dispose of the appeal purported to have been ﬁled by the petitioner, against the order dated 17.06.2008 passed by the 3rd respondent, and pass appropriate orders as per law within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. With the above directions, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. _________________ JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU 24th September, 2008. IBL