THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N. RAVI SHANKAR WRIT PETITION No.584 of 2000 Date: 30.09.2011 Between: K. Yesupadam ……. Petitioner. And The Registrar of Co-operative Societies, A.P., Hyderabad and others. ………Respondents. THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N. RAVI SHANKAR WRIT PETITION No.584 of 2000 ORDER : 1. Heard Sri L.N.R. Rajeswar Rao, the learned counsel representing Sri P. Sri Raghu Ram, learned counsel for the petitioner. 2. In this writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution, the petitioner is claiming promotion as V Grade Staff Assistant in the 2nd respondent- Krishna District Co-operative Central Bank, Machilipatnam (for short ‘Bank’) in one of the vacancies reserved for scheduled castes. According to the petitioner, he was appointed as Secretary of the 5th respondent- Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society, Tadinada by its Board of Directors through proceedings, dated 4th March, 1998. The petitioner says that he has acquired all the qualifications for being appointed to one of the vacancies in the V Grade Posts in the 2nd respondent-Bank but his case has been negatived by the respondents. 3. A counter affidavit is filed on behalf of the respondents 2, 3 & 4 opposing this writ petition. Their plea is that the petitioner is only a Board Secretary and the V Grade Vacancies/Posts can be filled up only by the Paid Secretary and the in-service employees of the 2nd respondent-Bank, and therefore, the petitioner is not eligible for the said post according to the various circulars issued by the Co-operative Department. It is seen that at the stage of WPMP by which the petitioner sought for an interim direction to be considered for promotion, no interim relief was granted and the writ petition was ordered to be posted for “final hearing” on the ground that the main question in the writ petition involves absorption of the petitioner for being considered in the V Grade Vacancies. 4. This writ petition is of the year 2000 and we are now in September 2011. Sri Rajeswar Rao says that he has no instructions as to whether the petitioner has been subsequently promoted to the V Grade Post in the 2nd respondent-Bank. Since more than 11 years have elapsed from the date of the writ petition, Sri Rajeswara Rao says that the matter may be disposed of by giving a direction to consider the case of the petitioner for the relief claimed in this writ petition. Accordingly, the writ petitioner shall make a representation before the respondents, within four weeks from today and the respondents are directed to dispose of the same in accordance with law or the rules governing promotions to the post of V Grade Vacancies in the 2nd respondent-Bank, within three months from the date of receipt of the representation from the petitioner. 5. This Writ Petition is accordingly disposed of. No costs. ____________________________ JUSTICE N. RAVI SHANKAR Date: 30.09.2011 mrb THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N. RAVI SHANKAR WRIT PETITION No.584 of 2000 Date: 30.09.2011 WRIT PETITION No.19491 of 2006