THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE M.SATYANARAYANA MURTHY
WRIT PETITION No.4855 OF 2021
ORDER:-
This writ petition is filed under Article 226 of the
Constitution of India seeking the following relief:
"......to issue writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ
or direction declaring the action of the respondents in kept pending
the representation of the petitioner dated 17.03.2020 and 17.12.2020 for sanctioning of his salary increments and other medical benefits since 2016 to till the date without passing any orders is illegal, arbitrary and one without jurisdiction and violation of principles of natural justice and also violation of Articles 14, 19, 21 and 300-A of the Constitution of India and consequentially direct the respondents to pay his salary and other arrears pending and to pass....."
2. Though the petitioner made several allegations against the respondents, during hearing, Sri Jada Sravan Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner, requested this Court, without touching the merits of the case, to issue a direction to respondent No.2 to dispose of the representations submitted by the petitioner on 17.3.2020 and 17.12.2020.
3. Learned Government Pleader for Services-III appearing for the respondents readily agreed to dispose of the representations of the petitioner dated 17.3.2020 and 17.12.2020, if any, pending with the respondent authorities.
4. In view of the submission of the learned Government Pleader for Services-III, I need not decide the truth or otherwise of the allegations made in the petition. This Court is conscious that no such direction be issued, in view of the judgment of the Apex Court 2 in the case of The Government of India v. P.Venkatesh1, wherein the Apex Court held that such orders may make for a quick or easy disposal of cases in overburdened adjudicatory institutions. But, they do no service to the cause of justice. As the learned counsel for the petitioner himself requested to issue a direction to respondent No.2 to dispose of the representations, dated 17.3.2020 and 17.12.2020, submitted by the petitioner, I find no other alternative except to issue such direction.
5. In the result, the Writ Petition is disposed of, directing respondent No.2 to dispose of the representations submitted by the petitioner on 17.3.2020 and 17.12.2020, in accordance with law, within a period of one month from today. There shall be no order as to costs.
Miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, in this Writ Petition shall stand closed.
_________________________________________ JUSTICE M.SATYANARAYANA MURTHY Date : 1.3.2021 AMD 1 2019 (8) SCALE 544 3 THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE M.SATYANARAYANA MURTHY WRIT PETITION No.4855 OF 2021 Date : 1.3.2021 AMD