Authority: High Court for the State of Telangana at Hyderabad (Special Original Jurisdiction)

Order Date: 22 August 2023

Case Overview

  • Petitioner: D. Nagabhusanam, Assistant Accounts Officer, E.R.O., Nandipet, Nizamabad District.
  • Respondents: (1) Superintending Engineer (Operation), Northern Power Distribution Company of AP Ltd., Nizamabad; (2) Northern Power Distribution Company of AP Ltd., Warangal, represented by its Chairman and Managing Director.
  • Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution seeking a writ of mandamus to declare two memos (Memo No. SE/OPiNZBi DE(TyPOlJAOlAdmlE2/F.No.1626i08-7 dated 15‑09‑2009 and Memo No. CMD/CGM (HRD/AS.DC/F.No.1701‑D1108‑20 dated 25‑01‑2010) as illegal, arbitrary, unjust and disproportionate, and to reinstate the petitioner as LD.C. with full benefits.
  • Additional prayer under Section 151 CPC to direct the second respondent to dispose of a mercy petition filed on 10‑03‑2010.
  • Multiple adjournments were granted on 05‑07‑2023, 20‑07‑2023, and 08‑08‑2023; the matter was listed for dismissal on 18‑08‑2023, but no representation was made by the petitioner.

Final Outcome

  • The Court held that the petitioner was not interested in pursuing the writ petition.
  • The writ petition is dismissed for non‑prosecution, with no order as to costs.
  • All miscellaneous applications pending in the writ petition are stood closed.

Topics: Legal Dispute, Employment Law, Court Proceedings