THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.33120 of 1997 Date 08-02-2008 Between: I.M.Sridhar. ..... PETITIONERS AND The Depot Manager, APSRTC, Vakad, Nellore District, & others. .....RESPONDENTS THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.33120 of 1997 O R D E R: The order impugned in this writ petition is the charge memo dated 07-07-1997, whereby the petitioner is said to have produced a non-genuine driving licence and to have obtained the job of a driver in the A.P.S.R.T.C. cheating the Corporation. In the said proceedings, the petitioner was advised to submit his explanation within seven days from the date of receipt of the charge sheet, failing which, further action would be taken based on the evidence available on record. Instead of submitting his explanation, the petitioner has invoked the jurisdiction of this Court. It is well settled that this Court would not interfere with the charge memo except where the said charge memo has been issued by an authority not competent to do so or where the charge memo as issued is without jurisdiction. No such infirmity has been pointed out in this writ petition and the writ petition must, therefore, fail. Sri B.Sudhakar Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner, would, however, request this Court to grant some time for the petitioner to submit his representation to the said charge memo. Since the writ petition has been pending on the file of this Court for more than a decade, and the impugned show cause notice has been suspended pending disposal of the writ petition, I consider it appropriate to permit the petitioner to submit his explanation within two weeks from today. The respondents shall consider his explanation and proceed to take action in accordance with law. Needless to state that in case no such explanation is submitted within the aforesaid period of two weeks, it is always open to the respondents to proceed further to take action against the petitioner without awaiting his explanation. Subject to the above observations, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. _______________ 08-02-2008 Note:Furnish copy within four days (b/o) usd​