ZID CTLR DESCRIBED INCIDENT WHEN ACFT WAS XFERRED TO ZTL WITHOUT INSURING THAT THE SUBJECT ACFT WAS AT THE LOA ALT.

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I WAS WORKING THE REBEL INTERMEDIATE HIGH ALT SECTOR AND WAS HANDED A CITATION LNDG GSP. OUR LOA WITH ZTL STATES THAT THIS ACFT BE AT FL250 WHEN HE CROSSES THE LATERAL BOUNDARY. THE ACFT WAS PUT ON MY FREQ DSNDING THROUGH FL350 BUT HE NEVER CHKED ON; I HAD TO CALL HIM. WHEN I DID TALK TO THE ACFT; HE WAS APPROX 7 MINS FROM THE BOUNDARY. MY FIRST CLRNC TO HIM WAS TO DSND TO FL330 FOR TFC. NEXT; WHEN THE ACFT WAS IN MY AIRSPACE; I TURNED IT TO A 180 DEG HDG TO CLR TFC. THEN DSNDED IT TO FL320 AS HIS TFC WAS DSNDING. WHEN CLRED; I DSNDED IT TO FL250 AND TOLD TO EXPEDITE. I THEN CLRED THE TFC ON COURSE; WHEN 1 1/2 MINS FROM THE BOUNDARY I CALLED ZTL TO ASK IF THEY WANTED ME TO SPIN THE ACFT AS THEY WEREN'T TAKING THE HDOF. HIS RESPONSE WAS HE WANTED HIM AT FL250 AT THE BOUNDARY; WHICH AT THIS TIME THE ACFT WAS 1 MIN FROM THE BOUNDARY DSNDING OUT OF FL300. THEN A DISCUSSION ENSUED ABOUT HOW I GOT THE ACFT HIGH FROM THE PREVIOUS SECTOR AND WHAT THE PROB WAS. AT THE END OF THE COORD; THE ZTL CTLR STATED; 'I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU DO; I NEED HIM AT THE BOUNDARY AT FL250.' I DO NOT RECALL HEARING HIM STATE THIS BUT IT IS ON TAPE. I MAY HAVE BEEN DISTR BY SOMETHING ELSE. I ACKNOWLEDGED; HE TOOK THE HDOF; AND I SWITCHED THE ACFT TO HIS FREQ WITH NO FURTHER CTL INSTRUCTIONS.