IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE DR JUSTICE G.YETHIRAJULU WRIT PETITION NO : 17611 of 2004 Between: 1. B. Suresh Kumar S/o B.V. Anjaneyulu R/o Bobbili Vizianagaram District 2 Damodarapatruni Ramprasad s/o Krishnarao R/o Bobbili Vizianagaram District 3 Cherra Suresh Kumar S/o Ch. Tirupathi Rao R/o Bobbili Vizianagaram District 4 Bheemavarapu Bangaraju S/o Narayana R/o Bobbili Vizianagaram District 5 Rayapureddi Pratap Kumar S/o R. Appala Narayana R/o Bobbili Vizianagaram District 6 Kattaki KRishna Murthy S./o Suryanarayana R/o Bobbili Vizianagaram District 7 Nagulapalli Dhanunjaya S/o N. Trinadha Rao R/o Bobbili Vizianagaram District 8 Janapala Durga Rao S/o Late Ramarao R/o Bobbili Vizianagaram District 9 G. Sathish Yadav S/o Appalaswamy R/o Bobbili Vizianagaram District 10 Maroju Vasu S/o Suryanarayana R/o Bobbili Vizianagaram District ....PETITIONERS AND 1 The Transmission Corporation of A.P., Ltd., rep by Chairperson & Managing Director, Vidyutsoudha, Hyderabad 2 A.P. Electricity POwer Distribution Company Ltd, rep by Superintending Engineer(Operation) Siddarthanagar, Vizianagaram 3 The A.P. Electricity Power Distribution Company Ltd., rep by Division Engineer, (Operation) Vizianagaram .....RESPONDENTS 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 Writ or order or direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the action of the respondents in not calling the petitioners for appointment to the posts of Junior Limen is arbitrary bad and illegal consequently direct the respondents to issue call letters to the petitioners, pursuant to the proceedings of the 1st respondent dated 1-3-2004 Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.KURITIBHASKARA RAO Counsel for the Respondents: MR.S.RAVINDRANATH(SC for APEPDCL). The Court at the stage of admission made the following ORDER: The petitioners are contending that they worked in the respondent-Company and its Contractors as Junior Linemen and Sub-Staff from 1996-97 to 1999 during different periods. The petitioners contend that they are eligible to be considered for appointment on regular basis as Junior Linemen. But, so far, no steps have been taken by the respondents 2 and 3 to consider the cases of the petitioners. The petitioners further submit that on 01-03-2004, the first respondent sanctioned 11 new Rural Operation Sections under the control of Respondents 2 and 3 and sanctioned six posts of Sub-Engineers (Electrical) and six posts of Line Inspectors, 6 posts of Assistant Engineers and 24 posts of Junior Linemen. The petitioners submit that on 01-07-2003 and 24-02-2004 they made representations to the respondents 2 and 3 and they are pending with them. The petitioners therefore approached this Court seeking to declare that the action of the respondents in not calling the petitioners for appointment to the posts of Junior Linemen as arbitrary and illegal. In the light of the circumstances, the petitioners are at liberty to make applications as and when the posts of Junior Linemen are notified. On making such applications, the respondents may examine each of the petitioner is qualified to be considered to the post of Junior Linemen, if they are qualified to consider their cases along with other candidates for appointment as Junior Lineman, and pass appropriate orders according to the existing rules. The Writ Petition is accordingly disposed of. No order as to costs. ____________________ Dr.G. Yethirajulu, J. Dt:7th October, 2004. Rns. To 1 The Transmission Corporation of A.P., Ltd., rep by Chairperson & Managing Director, Vidyutsoudha, Hyderabad. 2 A.P. Electricity POwer Distribution Company Ltd, rep by Superintending Engineer(Operation) Siddarthanagar, Vizianagaram. 3 The A.P. Electricity Power Distribution Company Ltd., rep by Division Engineer, (Operation) Vizianagaram. 4. Two CD copies.