ORDER (Per Ramesh Ranganathan, J.)

W.P. No.13421 of 2006:

Aggrieved by the interlocutory order of the A.P. Administrative Tribunal, in OA No. 2414 of 2006 dated 27 -04-2006, whereby the petitioner was directed not to dismiss the 1st respondent-applicant from service, on the basis of the judgment of the Special Judge for SPE & ACB Cases, Vijayawada, in C.C. No. 40 of 2000 dated 04-03-2006, pending further orders, the present writ petition is filed by the Municipal Corporation of Guntur.

2. Brief facts, to the extent necessary, are that the 1st respondent-applicant was working as a Junior Assistant in the Municipal Corporation, Guntur. Consequent upon a trap laid by the A.C.B, while the 1st respondent applicant was demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs.8001- to do an official favour, a case was registered against her in C.C. No. 40 of 2000 before the Special Judge for SPE & ACB Cases, Vijayawada. The Special Judge, by order dated 04-03-2006, convicted the 1st respondent-applicant under Section 248(2) Cr. P .C. and sentenced her to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of one year and to pay a fine of Rs.1,000/- for offences under Section 13(2) read with Section 13(1)(d) of the Prev

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