IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH and THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE P.SWAROOP REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 13855 of 2009 Between: 1 The Commissioner of Prohibition & Excise, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. 2 The Deputy Commissioner of Prohibition & Excise, Guntur Division, Guntur. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND Sri Ch. Srinivasa Murthy, Prohibition & Excise Sub Inspector, Pedakurapadu, Guntur District. .....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 a Writ order or direction more particularly one in the nature of "Writ of Certiorari" calling for the records relating to the orders of the Hon'ble A.P. Admn. Tribunal, Hyderabad passed in O.A.No. 2067/2008 dated 18-03-2008 as being erroneous, illegal and unreasonable and quash the same. Counsel for the Petitioner:GP FOR SERVICES II Counsel for the Respondent No.: . The Court made the following : ORDER: (Per Sri Justice V.Eswaraiah) The Commissioner of Prohibition and Excise, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad and the Deputy Commissioner of Prohibition and Excise, Guntur Division, Guntur, filed this writ petition questioning the interim order dated 18.3.2008 in O.A.No.2067 of 2008 on the file of the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal. The said O.A. was filed by the applicant/respondent herein to declare that he is entitled to get probation commenced from his actual date of appointment and to include the respondent at an appropriate place in the final seniority list in the category of Prohibition and Excise Sub Inspector in Zone-III. The Tribunal while issuing notice before admission directed the petitioners herein to proceed with the promotions, if any, to be given by taking the date of first appointment into cadre and according to the date of first appointment, the seniority shall be taken into account to give adhoc or temporary promotions, pending further orders. We are not inclined to express any opinion on the merits of the case and any prejudice is said to have been caused to the petitioners by the aforesaid interim order. However, it is stated that the petitioners have already filed an application on 25.6.2008 to vacate the said interim order dated 18.3.2008. But the same has not been considered and disposed of by the Tribunal. In view of the judgment of the Division Bench of this Court in R.Manjula and another v. Principal Secretary to Govt., Reve (Services I) Dept., and another[1], prescribing certain limitations to entertain a writ petition against the interim order of the Tribunal, we are not inclined to admit the writ petition. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed. However, the A.P.Administrative Tribunal is directed to take up the application filed by the petitioners for vacating the said interim order dated 18.3.2008 and dispose of the same after hearing both sides as expeditiously as possible, at any rate, not later than four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. _________________ V.ESWARAIAH, J. ____________________ P.SWAROOP REDDY, J. 13.7.2009 kpr [1] 2002 (3) ALD 648 (DB)