HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE T.MEENAKUMARI & HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P.LAKSHMANA REDDY. WRIT PETITION NO:13724 OF 2005 Dated:22nd September, 2005. BETWEEN The Conservator of Forests, Adilabad circle, Adilabad. ….Petitioner. And 1.G.Neelakantam, F.S.O. Special Deputy Pembi Range Nirmal Division of Adilabad District & others. …Respondents. ORDER: (Per the Honourable Smt. Justice T.Meena Kumari) This writ petition is filed by the petitioner questioning the order of the tribunal passed in V.M.A.No:149 of 2005 in O.A.394 of 2005 on 5.4.2005. Respondents-1 to 3 herein are the applicants and the petitioner herein who is the official respondent and respondents-4 to 6 are respondents-1 to 4 respectively before the tribunal. The status of the parties will be referred to as arrayed before the tribunal for the sake of convenience. Heard the learned the learned counsel. We have perused the material on record and the order impugned. The entire material on record goes to show that originally, the applicants have filed the O.A.394 of 2005 challenging the proceedings in S.O.No:05/2005-M2 (Rc.No:7007/2004-M2), dated 28.1.2005 issued by the official respondent and also seeking a direction to consider their cases for promotion to the posts of Deputy Range Officers. On 1.2.2005, by way of an interim direction, the tribunal has issued a direction to the official respondent to consider the cases of the applicants in accordance with the interim direction issued in the earlier O.As.6976 and 6969 of 2004 dated 29.12.2004 and O.A.148 of 2005 before giving promotions to the Juniors to the applicants. Aggrieved by the same, the official respondent has preferred an application in VMA 149 of 2005 seeking to vacate the above order. The tribunal while directing the official respondent to implement the orders dated 1.2.2005 by reverting the juniors to the applicants to the extent of making available vacancies, dismissed the said V.M.A.149 of 2005. Having aggrieved by the same, the present writ petition is preferred by the official respondent. The main thrust of the argument of the learned G.P. for Services-I is that while dismissing the V.M.A. 149 of 2005, the direction issued by the tribunal, amounts to granting the main relief that is sought for in the main O.A. and the said order cannot be passed without any merits of the case after hearing the parties and that nothing remains to be considered in the main O.A. and therefore, the order of the tribunal is liable to be set aside. Since the direction issued by the tribunal in the nature of an interim measure, amounts to granting the main relief that is sought for in the main O.A. itself, We see some force in the above contention. At this stage, it is contended by the learned counsel for the applicants that pursuant to the order of the tribunal, the applicants have already been promoted to the posts in question and they have been working as such and therefore, at this stage, the order of the tribunal cannot be disturbed till the disposal of the O.A. In the facts and circumstances of the case and also in view of the fact that the writ petition has been preferred against an interim order passed by the tribunal, We do not intend to express any opinion on the merits of the case. However, since the direction issued by the tribunal in the nature of an interim measure, amounts to granting the main relief sought for in the main O.A. itself, in order to avoid multiplicity of proceedings and also in order to have an effective adjudication of the issue involved, We feel it appropriate to set aside the order impugned herein by directing the tribunal to dispose of the main O.A. as expeditiously as possible. Accordingly, this writ petition is allowed setting aside the order of the tribunal impugned herein. In view of the controversy involved in the case, the tribunal is directed to dispose of the main O.A. within a period of three (3) months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. However, in view of the fact that the order promoting the applicants, dated 8.8.2005, is made subject to the result in this writ petition, We make it clear that such promotions shall be subject to the result in the main O.A. (T.MEENAKUMARI, J) DATED: 22ND SEPTEMBER, 2005 (P.LAKSHMANA REDDY, J) GURC/DVS HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE T.MEENA KUMARI & HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P.LAKSHMANA REDDY. WRIT PETITION NO:13724 of 2005 (Order delivered by the Honourable Smt. Justice T.meenakumari) 22ND SEPTEMEBR, 2005.