IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO : 27608 of 2007 Between: S. Rajagopal S/o veeraiah Primary Agricultural Co-operative Society Ltd., Piler, Piler Mandal, Chittoor District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Primary Agricultural Co-operative Society Limited., Piler, Piler Mandal, chittoor District, rep by its President, 2 The Deputy Registrar of Co-Operative Officer/ Divisional Co-operative Officer, Madanapalle, Chittoor District. 3 The Joint Registrar of Co-operative Officer, District Co-operative Officer, Chittoor District. Chittoor district. 4 The Enquiry Officer, Office of the Divisional Co-operative Officer, Madanapalle, Chittoor District, Chittoor Namely Mr. P.R. Durga Prasad. ....RESPONDENTS 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 mandamus: (i) to declare the action of the third respondent in going on changing the Inquiry Officer under Sec. 51 of the A.P. Co-operative Societies act, 1964 at the instance of the first respondent vide proceedings rc. No. 2486/2006-C dated 2-6-2007 with an intention to harass the petitioner and somehow or the other to fix the liability against petitioner as illegal, arbitrary, unjust apart from violative of principles of natural justice and against the very purpose and object of Sec. 51 of the APCS Act and against the previous audit and inspection conducted in relation to the PACS Talapula and (ii) Consequently to set a side the proceedings issued by the third respondent in Rc. No. 2486/06-C dated 2-6-2007 appointing the 4th respondent as Enquiry Officer. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.NANDIGAM KRISHNA RAO Counsel for the Respondents 2 to 4: GP FOR COOPERATION Counsel for the Respondent No.1: Mr.V.P.N.Prasanth. The Court made the following : ORDER: This Writ Petition was filed challenging the suspension of the petitioner from service on 04.09.2006. Now it is the contention of the petitioner that though the suspension order was passed on 04.09.2006, till date neither any enquiry officer is appointed nor any enquiry is conducted. 2. Under those circumstances, without expressing any opinion on merits, the respondents are directed to complete the enquiry within a period of three months from today and if no enquiry is completed by that time, the respondents shall reinstate the petitioner into service. 3. The Writ Petition is accordingly closed. _________________ C. V. RAMULU, J. Date: 28.02.2008. GS To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{TRT}