These two appeals arise out of the common order dated 10.09.2018 passed by a learned Judge of this Court in W.P.Nos.12763 of 2014 and 26009 of 2018. The appellants are the Andhra Pradesh Northern Power Distribution Company Limited, now known as the Northern Power Distribution Company Limited of Telangana State (TSNPDCL), and its officials, the respondents in the two writ petitions. The said writ petitions were filed by the sole respondent in these appeals. His prayer in W.P.No.12763 of 2014 was with regard to the Memo dated 04.03.2014, styled as a notice, whereby the TSNPDCL informed him that his contract services would be terminated and the said notice should be treated as a one month notice in terms of the contract. It may be noted that this Memo specifically stated to the effect that the competent authority wished to dismiss the respondent-writ petitioner from contract service. It appears that the respondent-writ petitioner thereafter preferred an appeal on 05.10.2015 in relation to the aforestated Memo. Aggrieved by the non-disposal of the said appeal, he filed W.P.No.26009 of 2018. By the common order under appeal, the learned Judge took note of the aforestated facts and directed the appellate authority, the Superintending Engineer (Operation), TSNPDCL, Karimnagar, to dispose of the pending appeal of the respondent-writ petitioner within a time frame, duly assigning reasons in support of his decision.
