IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO : 7097 of 2008 Between: 1 Machavarapu Rama Rao S/o Koteswara Rao O/o MRT. Section APSPDCL., Ongole Prakasam District. 2 Shaik Basheer Ahmed S/o China Khadir Mohiuddin O/o Asst. Engineer, APSPDCL., V.V. Palem Section Ongole Division Prakasam District. 3 Ch. Rajeswara Rao S/o Rama Raju Asst. Engineer APSPDCL Chimakurthy Section, Ongole, division, Prakasam District. 4 M. venkateswara Reddy S/o narayana Reddy Asst. Engineer, APSPDCL., Cherla Section, Chirala Division, Prakasam District. 5 A. Srinivasa Reddy S/o Venkateswarlu Asst. Engineer, APSPDCL., Inkollu Section, Chirala Division, Prakasam District. 6 Parisineti Srinivasulu S/o Yanadaiah 33/11KV Sub Station, Chimakurthy O/o Asst. Engineer, APSPDCL., Chimakurthy Section. Ongole, Division, Prakasam District. 7 P. Srinivasa Rao S/o Nageswara Rao O/o Asst. Engineer APSPDCL., Marturu Section, Chirala Division, Prakasam District. 8 P. Annadorai S/o P. janakiram Pillai O/o Penumur Section, APSPDCL, Tirupathi Circle, Chittoor Division, and District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Union of India rep by Ministry of Human Resource Development Department, Secondary and Higher Education (J&HE) Bureau Sastry Bhavan, New Delhi. 2 The State of Andhra Pradesh, rep by its Principal Secretary, Higher Education, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 3 The University Granits Commission, rep by its Secretary, A/o Bahadurshah, jaffar Marg, New Delhi 110002. 4 All India Council for Technical Ecucation, rep by its Vice Chairman, Indiragandhi Indoor Stadium IP Estate, New Delhi-110002. 5 The Distance Education Council, rpe by its Registrar, Indira Gandhi National Open University, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi 110068. 6 Institute of Advanced Studies in Education (IASE) rep by its Rgistrar, deemed University, Gandhi Vidya Mandir, Sardar Shahar, Rajasthan 331401. 7 A.P. Transco, rep by its Chairman and Managing Director, Vidyuthsoudha, Hyderabad. 8 Southern Power Distribution Companyof A.P., Ltd., (APSPDCL) rep by it Chairman and managing Director, Tirupathi, Chittoor District. 9 The Superintending Engineer, (OPeration) APSPDCL., Ongole, Circle, Prakasam District. 10 The Superintending Engineer, (OPeration) APSPDCL., Circle, Tirupathi, Chittoor District. 11 A.P. State Council for Higher Education, rep by its Secretary, Hyderabad. 12 T. Sambasiva Rao Lineman O/o Central Office, APSPDCL, Ongole, Prakasam District. 13 S.Veera Brahmam, Lineman O/o Asst. Engineer (Operation) APSPDCL., Talluru Prakasam District. 14 N. Srinivasula Reddy, Lineman, O/o Asst. Divl. Engineer(Operation), APSPDCL., Darsi, Prakasam District .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Aﬃdavit ﬁled herein the High Court will be pleased to issue an appropriate Writ order or direction more in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the Memo No. Addl. Secy./DS(L&P)ass(L)/PO(REG&HRMS)/JPO/457/07 dt 2-2-2008 and Memo No. Addl. Secy./DS(L&P)/AS(L)/PO(REG.&HRMS)/JPO/457/07 dt 17-3-2008 issued by the 1st respondent and consequential Memo No. SE/O/OGL/ADM/PO/JAO.II/D.No. 10959/07 dt 20-11-2007 in appointing Respondents 12 to 14 who are juniors to the petitioners as sub-Engineers, as illegal, arbitrary contrary TOO (Addl. Secy-PER)MS No. 69 dt 6-7-2007 and Memo No. Addl. Secy./DS(L&P)/AS(L)/PO(REG.&HRMS)/JPO/457/2007 dated 17-1- 2008 and consequently, direct the respondent No.9 to appoint the petitioners as Sub-Engineers by Transfer from the posts of Linemen by protecting their Seniority over Respondents 12 to 14 who are juniors to the petitioners by treatin the Electrical Engineering Diploma qualiﬁcation acquired by them from the 6th respondent university is having recognition from the respondents 3 and 5. Counsel for the Petitioners:MR.M.SUBBA REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: P.R.BALARAMI REDDY(SC FOR AP TRANSCO) The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU W.P. No. 7097 of 2008 O R D E R: It appears, in a similar writ petition the Board was directed to take a comprehensive decision as to the validity of the Certiﬁcate issued by the Rajasthan Institute (Distant Education). The Board has taken a comprehensive decision. In view of the same, this writ petition also has become infructuous. Unless and until the said comprehensive decision taken by the Board is not challenged, the petitioners are not entitled for any relief. Therefore, the writ petition is closed, leaving liberty to the petitioners to work out their remedies either by way of challenging the comprehensive decision taken by the Board or otherwise. C.V. RAMULU, J. Date: 5-11-2008. MVB.