IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.PRAKASH RAO WRIT PETITION NO : 4969 of 2002 and CONTEMPT CASE NO. 364 OF 2004 Between: 1 Padavala Srinivas Rao S/o Suryanarayana O/o 132/33 KVSS, Machilipatnam 2 Sugnanam Nageswara Rao S/o Venkata Reddy O/o 132/33 KVSS, Machilipatnam 3 Tuhu Ramakrishna Naga Subba Rao O/o 132/33 KVSS, Machilipatnam 4 Bandi Ramesh S/o Sundara Rao O/o 132/33/11KV SS, Nuzvid. 5 Garri Raveendranath Babu S/o Masthanaiah O/o 132/33/11KV SS, Nuzvid. 6 Koppula Suresh S/o BalaSwamy O/o 132/33 KVSS, Ganguru. 7 N S Mallikarjuna Rao S/o Pentaiah O/o 132/33 KVSS, Ganguru. 8 M Raj Kumar O/o 220/132/RR K V Kondapalli 9 Dasari Narendra Kumar S/o Brahmaiah O/o 132/33 KV SS, Vijayawada. 10 Ravuri Atchuta Rao S/o Venakateswara O/o 132/rr MI KV SS, Pamarru 11 Bommidi Venkataswa S/o Gangadhara Rao O/o 132/33 MI KV SS, Pamarru 12 Dokula Sudarshan Rao, S/o D Koteswara Rao O/o 132/33 MI KV SS, Pamarru 13 Ch V Sambasiva Rao S/o Gangadhara Rao O/o 132/33 KV SS, Ganguru 14 R Durgavara Prasad S/o Madhusudhan Rao O/o 220 KV SS/BWKG, Chillakallu 15 G Naga Mahesh Kumar S/o Suryanarayana O/o 220 KV SS/BWKG, Chillakallu. 16 B Narender Kumar S/o Ramchandra Rao O/o 220 KV SS/BWKG, Chillakallu. 17 N Mahendra Kumar S/o Nageswara Rao O/o 220 KV SS/BWKG, Chillakallu. 18 M Ram Babu O/o 220 KV SS, Nunna 19 Golla Vijaya Chander S/o Venkaiah O/o 220 KV SS, Kondapally. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 Transmission Corporation of A.P. rep by its Chairman and Managing Director Vidyuth Soudha, Khairtabad Post, Hyderabad 2 Chief Engineer T.L. and S.S. at 220 KV Elecl. Substation Gunadala, Krishna District 3 Superitending Engineer T.L. and S.S. at 220 KV Electrical Sub Station Gunadala, Krishna 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 to issue Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate Writ or order or direction declaring the impugned action of the respondents Lr. No. GM(P)/DS(P)/AS(P)/PO-I/288- A2/2001-3 dt. 31/10/2001 in converting the regular post of Sub- Engineers into part- time posts on contract basis without jurisdiction without any authority or power or sanction as illegal, arbitrary and in violation of Principles of natural justice a part from violative of fundamental rights guaranteed under Article 14, 16 and 21 of the Constitution of India with a consequential direction to the respondents to forthwith consider and appoint the petitioners into the posts of Sub-Engineer existing and sanctioned, award costs and pass. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.CH.SUDHAKAR BABU (NP) Counsel for the Respondents: MR.S.RAVINDRANATH (NP) CONTEMPT CASE NO : 364 of 2004 (Contempt Case U/s. 10 to 12 of Contempt of Courts Act to punish the Respondents herein for violating, disobeying the Order of the High Court dated 22.5.2002 in WPMP No. 11990 IN WP No.4969/2002 Between: Golla Vijayachandra , S/o Venkaiah, O/o 220 KVSS., Kondapalli. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Rechal Chatargy, A.P. Transco, Vidyut Soudha, Somajigunda, Hyderabad. 2 Surya Prakasa Rao, 220, K.V.S.S. A.P. Transco, Gunadala, Krishna Dist. (R2 in WPMP.No.11990/02 in WP.No.4969/02 is not necessary In this CC) .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.CH.SUDHAKAR BABU (NP) Counsel for the Respondent No.: S.C. for APSEB (NP) The Court made the following : ORDER: When both these matters have come up on 7.12.2004 none appears and there was no representation. Even today when the matters are called none appears and there is no representation on either side. Hence, both the matters viz., Writ Petition as well as Contempt Case are dismissed for default. No costs. ____________________ B. PRAKASH RAO, J Dated:14.12.2004. ka To 1 Transmission Corporation of A.P. rep by its Chairman and Managing Director Vidyuth Soudha, Khairtabad Post, Hyderabad 2 Chief Engineer T.L. and S.S. at 220 KV Elecl. Substation Gunadala, Krishna District 3 Superitending Engineer T.L. and S.S. at 220 KV Electrical Sub Station Gunadala, Krishna District 4. Rechal Chatargy, A.P. Transco, Vidyut Soudha, Somajigunda, Hyderabad. 5. Surya Prakasa Rao, 220, K.V.S.S. A.P. Transco, Gunadala, Krishna Dist. 6. 2CD copies