IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD MONDAY, THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SRI ANIL R. DAVE AND HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY WRIT APPEAL No.1605 of 2008 (Writ Appeal under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent against the order dated 29.01.2008 in Writ Petition No.13248 of 1995 on the file of the High Court.) Between: Sri T.Hanumantha Rao, S/o. Narsimloo, R/o. Sita Ramnagar Colony, Nizamabad. ...Appellant And 1. A.P. State Electricity Board, represented by its Member Secretary, Vidyut Soudha, Hyderabad. 2. Superintending Engineer (Operation), A.P.S.E. Board, Nizamabad. ...Respondents Counsel for the appellant : Sri K.M. Mahender Reddy Counsel for the respondents :Sri P.R. Balarami Reddy Standing Counsel for AP TRANSCO The Court passed the following: ORDER: (Per Anil R. Dave, C.J.) Being aggrieved by an order dated 29th January, 2008 passed in Writ Petition No.13248 of 1995, this appeal has been filed by the original petitioner. The petition was rejected by the learned Single Judge on the ground of gross delay and laches. The prayer, which was made by the petitioner in the petition, was with regard to treating the period commencing from 13th November, 1967 to 1st September, 1974 as duty period though, in fact, the petitioner had not performed his duties at that time. It appears from the record that the petitioner had made certain representations in the past, and by an order dated 8th February, 1982, final decision was taken on the subject matter of the petition, but even thereafter, the petitioner made representations on 30th June, 1994 and on 21st September, 1994. The respondent – employer turned down the said representations on 3rd January, 1995 and, therefore, the afore-stated petition was filed by the appellant – petitioner. In our opinion, the learned Single Judge has rightly rejected the petition on the ground of delay and laches. The matter had been finally closed by an order dated 8th February, 1982. The petitioner did not challenge the said order, which was passed under Board’s Memo No.DM.IV-2520-J1/80-2, dated 8th February, 1982 and started making representations once again in 1994. Looking to the gross delay, without going into the merits of the case, the appeal is dismissed with no order as to costs. ANIL R. DAVE, C.J. 15th December, 2008 R. SUBHASH REDDY, J. ……REGISTRAR To 1. The Member Secretary, A.P. State Electricity Board, Vidyut Soudha, Hyderabad. 2. The Superintending Engineer (Operation), A.P.S.E. Board, Nizamabad. 3. Two C.D. copies. ARS