IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE DR JUSTICE G.YETHIRAJULU WRIT PETITION NO : 13728 of 2004 Between: S.Mohan Reddy, S/o.Ramachandra Reddy, O/o.Sub-Divisional Engineer Installation works, BSNL, Tirupathi, Chittoor Dist. .... PETITIONER AND 1. The Union of India, rep. by Director General, BSNL, Corporate office, New Delhi. 2. The Chief General Manager, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd., (BSNL), Abids, A.P.,Hyderabad. 3. The General Manager, BSNL, Tirupathi Telecom Dist., Tirupathi. 4. The Sub-Divisional Engineer, Switching Installation, BSNL, Tirupati. 5. The Divisional Engineer, Switching Installation, BSNL, Tirupati. ...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 order, direction or a writ more particularly in the nature of writ of Mandamus by declaring the inaction of the respondents in granting the benefit of temporary status of a Group D in the respondent Department as the petitioner is found to have fulfilled the eligible conditions for regularization, as arbitrary, discriminatory, illegal and violative of Article 14, 16 & 21 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents to grant the temporary status of a Group D. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.KRISHNA DEVAN Counsel for the Respondents: MR.KANTHI.NARAHARI The Court made the following: . ORDER: The petitioner is a casual labour working in the respondent’s organization from 01-01-1987. His grievance is that though he has been serving since so many years, he was not given the temporary status in the organization though he is eligible with effect from 01-10-1989. 2. The petitioner further submits that the third respondent recommended his case for giving temporary status to the second respondent and it is pending with the second respondent. Therefore, he approached this Court seeking a direction to the second respondent to pass appropriate orders on the recommendation made by the third respondent regarding the temporary status of the petitioner. 3. The second respondent is therefore directed to pass appropriate orders on the recommendation of the third respondent regarding the granting of temporary status to the petitioner, within two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. 4. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. No order as to costs. ______________ 05-08-2004 LSK/SH ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1. The Director General, Union of India, BSNL, Corporate office, New Delhi. 2. The Chief General Manager, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd., (BSNL), Abids, A.P.,Hyderabad. 3. The General Manager, BSNL, Tirupathi Telecom Dist., Tirupathi. 4. The Sub-Divisional Engineer, Switching Installation, BSNL, Tirupati. 5. The Divisional Engineer, Switching Installation, BSNL, Tirupati. 6. Two C.D. copies