THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED AND THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE K.G. SHANKAR WRIT PETITION No : 1104 of 2011 O R D E R: (per Hon'ble Sri Justice Ghulam Mohammed) All the petitioners have been recruited to the services of Commercial Tax Department, to begin with as Assistant Commercial Tax Officers, and thereafter got promotions as Deputy Commercial Tax Officers and Commercial Tax Officers, as the case may be. They approached the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal at Hyderabad, by filing O.A.No. 6700 of 2010, assailing proceedings No. DX(2)/732/2010, dated 17.08.2010, through which their request to revise the seniority list of ACTOs., which was issued in the year 2005, was rejected. Their main grievance is that the promotees are occupying the posts, in excess of their quota, which is in utter violation of Rule 6 of the Andhra Pradesh State and Subordinate Service Rules, 1962 and the guidelines issued by the Full Bench of the Tribunal in O.A. No. 2678 of 2008, dated 11.08.2009. Heard Dr. K. Lakshmi Narasimha, learned counsel for the petitioners. As of now, the O.A. filed by the petitioners is at the interlocutory stage and this Writ Petition is filed only aggrieved by the refusal to grant any interim order in the O.A. Therefore, without going deep into the matter, suffice it to direct the Tribunal to adjudicate the O.A., keeping in view the judgment of the Full Bench of the Tribunal, referred to supra, and dispose of the same, after considering the merits of the matter. This exercise shall be completed within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. However, it is made clear that till such time the Tribunal decides the O.A. one way or the other, the petitioners herein shall not be reverted. With this, the Writ Petition is disposed of at the admission stage itself. No costs. ---------------------------- (GHULAM MOHAMMED,J) -------------------------- (K.G. SHANKAR, J) 28th January 2011 Issue CC in a week. ksld