IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO : 5343 of 2001 Between: Taluk Junior College, Tenali, rep. by its Secretary and correspondent, Kothapet, Tenali, Guntur District and another. ..... PETITIONERS AND The Director & Commissioner, Board of Intermediate Education, Nampally, Hyderabad and others. .....RESPONDENTS ORDER: None appeared when the matter is called on 06.11.2009. However, it was adjourned by one week and when the matter is called today, there is no representation. This writ petition is instituted challenging the validity of the order dated 16.02.2001 passed by the first respondent-Director and Commissioner, Board of Intermediate Education, Nampally, Hyderabad. It was noticed by the first respondent that the correspondentship of the first petitioner-Taluk Junior College, Tenali, is in dispute and therefore, entertaining the request of the employees of the said Institution and pending finalization of the dispute over the correspondentship, the Principal In-charge of Taluk Junior College, Tenali, has been authorized to prepare the salary bills of the staff and submit the same to the third respondent-District Vocational Education Officer, Guntur, for verification and authorization. The third respondent is also requested to verify the salary bills and pass the same if they are in order. The dispute over correspondentship should not result in salary bills of the employees of an educational institution to be withheld for long periods. Salary bills have got to be prepared based upon the attendance and the availment of leave, if any, applied by the employees concerned. A claim Bill has got to be prepared every month by the Correspondent for payment of the salary and allowances of the staff of the Institution. It will be difficult to withhold the payment of salary and allowances to teaching and non-teaching staff employed in educational institutions for long periods. I hope that by now, the tussle relating to correspondentship of the educational institution must have been resolved. Even otherwise, I see no illegality on the part of the first respondent in passing the orders on 16.02.2001 authorizing the Principal In-charge to prepare the salary bills and submit the same for verification by the third respondent. The Principal In-charge of the educational institution is the best person, who can vouch for the attendance and performance of the duties by the teaching and non-teaching staff. Hence, the present arrangement is only an ad hoc arrangement. Therefore, the salary bills are liable to be legitimately and justifiably prepared by him and they will be scrutinized by the Commissioner’s Agency before they are passed for payment. I see no illegality in the order impugned. Hence, the Writ Petition is dismissed, but, however, without costs. ___________________________ NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO, J Date:15.12.2009 SJ