IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE Dr. JUSTICE G.YETHIRAJULU WRIT PETITION No. 18870 of 2004 Between: Gandham Manikyala Rao, S/o. Satyanarayana, aged 25 years, Contract Labour in A.P.Electricity Board, Salur Sub-Division, Bobbili Division, Vizianagaram - circle and District, C/o. S.Laxamana Rao, JP Road, Rajahmundry, E.G.District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Chairman/Managing Director, V;idyutsoudha, Khairatabad, Hyderabad. 2 Chairman/Managing Director,APSEP, D.C.L. Saraswathi Junction, Visakhapatnam and District. 3 The Superintending Engineer, operation Circle, A.P.E.P. D.C.L. Koppuguranna Building, Vijayanagaram Town and Dist. .....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 or order or direction more in the nature of writ of Mandamus declare the action of the respondents in not appointing the petitioner as Junior Lineman/L.D.C. as per the Scheme which in a suitable post for the petitioner earmarked for contract labourers as being arbitrary, illegal, unconstitutional and contrary to their own scheme and consequently direct the respondents to consider the case and appoint him to the post of Junior Lineman/L.D.C. Counsel for the Petitioner: B.VEERAIAH Counsel for the Respondents: MR.S.RAVINDRANATH The Court made the following: ORDER: The petitioner claims that he is working as a contract labour. He contends that he is eligible to be absorbed as a Junior Lineman in the respondent Organisation. When he attended an interview on 26.03.1998, he was not selected. Therefore, he approached this Court, through this writ petition, seeking to issue a direction to the respondents to provide him the post of Junior Lineman. 2. There is a procedure prescribed for the appointment of the Junior Linemen. Whenever there is a notification, the petitioner is at liberty to make an application, and the respondents would consider his application along with other candidates, and the eligible candidates would be interviewed, and the meritorious among those candidates would be selected for the post of Junior Lineman. Since there is no notification from the respondents to absorb the contract labour for the post of Junior Lineman, no direction can be given at this stage. 3. The Writ Petition is, therefore, dismissed as premature. No order as to costs. dsr ASSISTANT REGISTRAR To: 1. The Chairman/Managing Director, Vidyut Soudha, Khairatabad, Hyderabad 2. The Chairman/Managing Director, APSEP, DCL, Saraswathi Junction, Visakhapatnam and District 3. The Superintending Engineer, Operation Circle, APEP, DCL, Koppuguranna Building, Vijayanagarm Town Vizianagaram District 4. Two CD copies.