IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD HON’BLE Mr. JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY Writ Petition No.17979 of 2006 Dated: August 30, 2006 Between: Sri K. Pulla Reddy, S/o. Konda Reddy, aged 31 years, Occ: Jr. Lecturer in Telugu, S.V.B. Junior College, B. Mattam, Kadapa District. … Petitioner And The State of A.P., rep. by its Principal Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Secretariat Buildings, Secretariat, Hyderabad, and others. … Respondents Order: This writ petition has been filed seeking Mandamus to declare the action of the first respondent herein in not considering the case of the petitioner for regularization of his services as Junior Lecturer in Telugu in the third respondent-college as arbitrary and illegal. A consequential direction to the respondents is sought to consider his case for regularization. 2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Government Pleader for the first respondent and Ms. C. Sindhu Kumari for the second respondent. 3. One Mr. P. Chenna Reddy, who was holding the post of Junior Lecturer in the third respondent-college, has retired from service on 30-06-2005. Subsequently, on an application made by the petitioner in response to the notification issued by the third respondent, he was appointed as Junior Lecturer in Telugu, on ad hoc basis by proceedings dated 27-10-2005. Subsequently, the management of the college, by letter dated 16-06-2006, has also sent proposal to the Principal Secretary to Government, Higher Education Department, the first respondent herein; requesting regularization of the services of the petitioner in the said post. In the said letter, the management has referred the cases of persons who were appointed on ad hoc basis being regularized. Alleging inaction on the part of the first respondent in regularizing his services, the petitioner has come up with this writ petition. 4. As much as proposal has already been sent by the third respondent to the Government and the same is pending consideration, I dispose of the writ petition directing the first respondent, the Principal Secretary to Government, Higher Education Department, to consider the proposal sent by the third respondent, by letter dated 16-06-2006, and pass appropriate orders thereon within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of this order and communicate the same to it. ____________________________ JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY. August 30, 2006 N.B. Furnish C.C. in three days B/o MRR