IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI ANIL R. DAVE, THE CHIEF JUSTICE and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 16786 of 2008 Between: P.S. Naidu S/o. Late P.N. Naidu Plot No. 72, & 73, Flat No. 301 Lakshmi Surya Enclave, Vasudeva Reddy Nagar, Attapur, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Presiding officer, Debts Recovery Tribunal, Hyderabad. 2 The Manager, Andhra Bank, Mehidipatnam Branch, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 to issue a writ or order or direction more particularly in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the non-disposal of the O.A.No. 118/2002 by the 1st respondent till today and the claim of the 2nd respondent to a tune of Rs. 60,56,000/- againt the claim of Rs. 24,06,607/- made before the 1st respondent without adjudication by the 2nd Respondent as illegal and arbitrary and violation of the principles of natural Justice and direct the 1st Respondent to pass an order and issue a Recovery Certiﬁcate only a sum of Rs. 24,06,607-29 (Rupees twenty four lakhs six thousand sic hundred and seven and paise twenty nine only) with interest thereon for a period of six months and the merits of the case from the date of ﬁling of the O.A and pass such other order or orders Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.J.P.RAO Counsel for the Respondent No.: DR.K.LAKSHMI NARASIMHA (SC FOR ANDHRA BANK) The Court made the following : ORAL ORDER: (Per Anil R. Dave, CJ) The prayer in this petition is that O.A.No. 118 of 2002 ﬁled before the Debts Recovery Tribunal, Hyderabad is not being disposed of expeditiously. Learned Advocate appearing for the appellant has submitted that an application will be submitted to the Tribunal so that hearing can be expedited. Dr. K. Lakshmi Narsimha, learned Advocate appearing for the respondent-Bank has submitted that respondent-Bank is also interested in getting the litigation completed as soon as possible. In the circumstances, we are sure that if such an application is ﬁled before the Tribunal, the Tribunal shall pass appropriate order and do the needful for expeditious hearing of the matter. The petition stands disposed of with no order as to costs. _____________________ ANIL R. DAVE, CJ 4th August, 2008. _________________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J GRR