THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.21543 of 2011 ORDER: The petitioners claim to have worked as Village Electricity Workers in the erstwhile Electricity Board. Their efforts to get absorbed or employed as Linemen did not fructify for the past several decades. Recently, the Government of India accorded sanction for filling up of 1039 posts of Junior Lineman in the Andhra Pradesh Northern Power Distribution Company Limited, respondent No.1 herein. The petitioners contend that taking advantage of the sanction, the respondents are proposing to fill the posts without inviting applications and without extending the benefits that are covered by the agreements entered into between unions and the erstwhile Electricity Board. They seek directions to the respondents to appoint them as Junior Linemen in pursuance of the letter, dated 15.06.2011, addressed by respondent No.4 to respondent No.2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned counsel for the respondents. The writ petition is premature in so far as the relief claimed in it is concerned. Mere sanction of the posts by the Government in favour of the Distribution Company Limited cannot by itself start the recruitment process. It is only when notifications are issued or any other different mode of recruitment process is undertaken that the petitioners can make an effort in case they hold the requisite qualifications or had the benefit of any exemptions. Hence, the writ petition is dismissed as premature, leaving it open to the petitioners to pursue the remedies as and when the proper occasion arises. There shall be no order as to costs. _____________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY,J Dt:01.08.2011 kdl