IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO : 19162 of 2005 Between: Sri E. Subramanyam S/o. E. Chennaiah O/o. Asst. General Manager (planning) BSNL, Tirupathi Chittoor District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Chief General Manager, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited A.P Hyderabad. 2 The General Manager Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited Tirupathi Chittoor District. 3 The Asst. General Manager (Planning) Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited O/o. General Manager, Telecom District, K.T. Road Tirupathi Chittoor District. 4 The Sub Divisional Engineer, (Planning-1) O/o. General Manager Bharat Sanchar Limited Telecom District, K.T. Road Tirupathi,. Chittoor District. 5 The Sub Divisional Engineer, (MM) O/o. General Manager Telecom District, K.T. Road Tirupathi,. Chittoor District. .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 a order or direction or a writ more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus by declaring the action of the respondents in passing the order No.GMTD/Trp/LC/WP.No.11550/04/11, dt.4-2-2005 whereby the claim for temporary status of a Group-D is rejected as arbitrary, discriminatory, illegal and violation of Article 14,16 & 21 of Constitution of India and set aside the same by calling for the records and consequently direct the respondents to grant the temporary status of a Group D along with consequential benefits and pass such other order or orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.KRISHNA DEVAN Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.RAVINDRA YANAMANDRA(SC FOR B.S.N.L) The Court made the following : ORDER: When the matter is taken up for hearing, Sri Krishna Devan, learned counsel for the petitioner, and Mr. Ravindra Yanamandra, learned Standing counsel for Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, submitted that in view of the notification dated 31.10.2008 issued by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (Department of Personnel and Training), including the organization of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited within the purview of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985, as per Section 29(2) of the said Act, this writ petition is to be transferred to the Central Administrative Tribunal of Hyderabad Bench. In the light of the said submission, Office is directed to transfer the writ petition to the Central Administrative Tribunal of Hyderabad Bench, by obtaining necessary acknowledgment from the Tribunal. Accordingly the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. __________________________ GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA, J 25th June, 2009. CBS HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No.19162 of 2005 25th June, 2009 CBS