IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SMT. JUSTICE T.MEENA KUMARI and THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE S. ASHOK KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO : 9375 of 2008 Between: V.Nagendr Prasad S/o.V.Jagannadha Rao (Incharge Range Officer, Chintapally Range,) Narsipatnam (Division), Visakhapatnam District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Aranya Bhavan, Saifabad, Hyderabad. 2 The Conservator of Forests, Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam District. 3 The Special Chief Secretary to Government Environment Forests Science & Technology, Secretariat, 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 an appropriate writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents authorities in not considering the case of the petitioner for promotion to the Post of Forest Range Officer, as arbitrary, unreasonable, improper and further declare the action of the 1st respondent in issuing Proceedings Ref.No.9269/05/MB dated 13.7.2007 framing Article of Charge relating to the year 2001-2005 as illegal, improper, unreasonable and the orders passed by the Hon'ble Tribunal dated 11.3.2008 is unreasonable, contrary to the G.Os issued by the government and further direct the Respondents to promote the petitioner to the Post of Forest Range Officer in the existing vacancies in Zone-I under S.C. quota and to pass such other order or orders. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.V.MADHUSUDANA RAO Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR FORESTS The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SMT. JUSTICE T.MEENA KUMARI and THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE S. ASHOK KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO : 9375 of 2008 ORAL ORDER: (per Smt. Justice T. Meena Kumari) The petitioner filed the present writ petition seeking to declare the proceedings bearing N. 9269/05/MB, dated 13.7.2007 issued by the 1st respondent as illegal, arbitrary and to set aside the same. He also sought for a consequential direction to the respondents to promote him as Forest Range Officer in the existing vacancies in Zone-I under S.C. quota. The petitioner is an applicant in O.A. No.1143 of 2008. He filed the aforementioned O.A. before the A.P. Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad, seeking the very same relief. The Tribunal, through order dated 11.3.2008 while ordering notice before admission in the O.A. granted status-quo obtaining as on that date. Aggrieved, the petitioner filed the present writ petition. Heard Sri V. Madhusudhana Rao, counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Forests appearing on behalf of the respondents. Admittedly, the Tribunal, through the impugned order only passed interim order and it did not pass any final orders. In the circumstances, we do not find any valid ground to entertain this writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. The petitioner is at liberty to raise all the contentions, which he would like to raise in this writ petition before the Tribunal in the main O.A., pending before it. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed. No costs. ___________________ T. MEENA KUMARI,J DATE:28th April, 2008 ___________________ S. ASHOK KUMAR, ,J pnb ..... REGISTRAR / TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Aranya Bhavan, Saifabad, Hyderabad. 2 The Conservator of Forests, Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam District. 3 The Special Chief Secretary to Government, Environment Forests Science & Technology, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 4 . 2CCs to the Government Pleader for Forests, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad. 5. 2CD copies