IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO : 20799 of 2008 Between: P. Rafeeq Ahmed, S/o. Hussain Peer, The Yemmiganur Co-operative Town Bank Limited, Yemmiganur, Kurnool District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1. The Yemmiganur Co-operative Town Bank Limited, Yemmiganur, Kurnool District, rep by its Chairman 2. The Yemmiganur Co-operative Town Bank Limited, Yemmiganur, Kurnool District, rep by its Secretary .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Aﬃdavit ﬁled herein the High Court may be pleased to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in not promoting the petitioner to the eligible post in the respondent Bank as illegal, arbitrary and violative of Article 14 and 21 of the constitution of India and violative of principles of Natural Justice and consequentially direct the respondents to promote the petitioner to the eligible post by taking into consideration the length of the service and the seniority. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.L.V.S.NAGARAJU Counsel for the Respondents: MR.K.SITA RAM The Court made the following : THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.20799 OF 2008 ORDER: Heard both sides. According to the petitioner, he was appointed as Clerk in the respondent Bank on 20.09.1978 and since then he has been discharging his duties as such. While so, his grievance is that though there are vacant posts in the next promotion cadre and that he is eligible for being promoted to the said posts as per seniority, his case is not being considered for promotion, while his juniors have been promoted. A representation is stated to have been submitted by him in this regard on 22.12.2007, but the same is not yet considered and no action has been taken by the respondents. In the facts and circumstances, without expressing any opinion on merits, the respondents are directed to consider the representation, dated 22.12.2007, purported to have been submitted by the petitioner, seeking to consider his case for promotion to the next higher post, and pass appropriate orders as per law, within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order, and communicate the same to the petitioner. With the above directions, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. _________________ JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU 24th September, 2008. IBL