IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE J.CHELAMESWAR AND THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.24139 2005 Between: District Collector (Pt. Wing), Prakasam District, Ongole, And another. ..... PETITIONERS AND Sri K.Saibabu, Attender, Ommevaram Gram Panchayat, N.G.Padu Mandal, Prakasam Dist. And another. ....RESPONDENTS THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE J.CHELAMESWAR AND THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.24139 OF 2005 O R D E R (Per Sri Justice J.Chelameswar) This Writ Petition is filed with a prayer as follows: “……the petitioner herein prays that this Hon’ble Court may be pleased to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of “Certiorari” and calling for the records relating to the orders PASSED in O.A.No.741 of 1993 with M.A.No.253/2003 Dt:4-8-2003 on the file of the Hon’ble A.P. Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad as illegal and erroneous and quash the same ……” It is obvious from the prayer that the challenge in the present writ petition is against the final order in O.A.No.741 of 1993, dated 04.08.2003 of A.P. Administrative Tribunal i.e. the petitioners wish to challenge the said order after a lapse of more than two years as the present writ petition is filed on 25.10.2005. Though an attempt is made to explain the delay at para 7 of the affidavit filed in support of the petition, the explanation is wholly unsatisfactory. It contains a bare narration of the movement of the file, which moved at a snail’s pace. No explanation is given in the affidavit filed in support of the petition. In the circumstances, we are of the opinion that the writ petition is required to be dismissed on the ground of laches. Accordingly, the same is dismissed at the stage of admission. ----------------------------------- JUSTICE J.CHELAMESWAR --------------------------------------------- JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN 22nd NOVEMBER, 2005 PGS THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE J.CHELAMESWAR AND THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.24139 OF 2005 (Per Sri Justice J.Chelameswar) 22nd NOVEMBER, 2005