HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K.C.BHANU WRIT PETITION No.11904 of 2011 Date of Order:26.04.2011 Between: Challa Mahananda Reddy. ..Petitioner and State of Andhra Pradesh, rep. by its Principal Secretary to Government. ..Respondents The Court made the following Order: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K.C.BHANU WRIT PEITTION No.11904 of 2011 ORDER :- This writ petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, seeking to issue a writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not absorbing/regularizing the petitioner into grant-in-aid post of Lecturer in English as illegal, arbitrary and consequently direct the respondents to absorb/regularize the petitioner into the grand-in-aid post of Lecturer in English in the 3rd respondent college from the date of his appointment. 2. Heard both sides. 3. The grievance of the petitioner is that though he was selected and appointed through a regular selection process and completed the requisite period of service for the purpose of regularisation/absorption, his case has not been considered by the 1st respondent. The petitioner made several representations to the respondents to consider his case for absorption/regularisation into aided vacancy. But the respondents have not considered the case of the petitioner. Therefore, appropriate decision has to be taken by the 1st respondent in accordance with the service rules governing the service conditions of the petitioner. 4. Hence, the 3rd respondent is directed to forward the representation of the petitioner to the 1st and 2nd respondents if the petitioner is otherwise qualified and eligible to the post and after receipt of representation from the 3rd respondent, the 1st and 2nd respondents have to take appropriate decision in accordance with the service rules governing the service conditions of the petitioner, within eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. 5. With the above direction, the Writ Petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________ K.C. BHANU, J April 26, 2011 lmv