IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD THURSDAY, THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 19408 of 1999 Between: Pappala Appala Swamy, S/o. P.Narsimhulu, R/o. Samathanagar, Akiveedu, West Godavari District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The APSRTC, rep.by it's Managing Director, Musheerabad, Hyderabad. 2 The Dy.Chief Personal Manager, APSRTC, Vijayawada Zone, Vijayawada, Krishna District. .....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, order or direction one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the physically Handicapped Candidates having less that 40% desablement as unfit for the posts of Traffic Supervisors(Trainee) is bad arbitrary, illegal and unconstitutional of India by declaring the petitioner being Physically Handicapped with less than 40% of disablement as eligible for the post of Traffic Supervisor(Trainee). Counsel for the Petitioner : MR.SERLA PANDARI Counsel for the Respondents : Mr.V.V.P.Rao The Court made the following : HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 19408 of 1999 ORDER : No representation on behalf of the petitioner. 2. In this writ petition, the petitioner seeks declaration by way of Mandamus to declare the action of respondents in declaring that the physically handicapped candidates having less than 40% disability are unfit for the post of Traffic Supervisor, as illegal and arbitrary, and further, to declare that the petitioner is eligible to be appointed as Traffic Supervisor (Trainee), as a physically handicapped candidate. 3. Counter affidavit is filed by the respondents, in which, it is stated that though the petitioner has applied for the post of Traffic Supervisor (Trainee) pursuant to the advertisement given by the 1st respondent-Road Transport Corporation on 05.11.2007, he has applied seeking reservation in BC-A category. It is further stated in the counter affidavit that though the petitioner was selected as a Traffic Supervisor (Trainee), but however, as he was not found fit medically, he was not appointed. It is categorically stated that the petitioner did not apply in the quota reserved for physically handicapped candidates. 4. Asmuch as the petitioner has not even applied in the quota reserved for physically handicapped candidates, he has no locus standi to seek the declaration as sought for in the writ petition. 5. The writ petition is devoid of merit and it is accordingly dismissed. ______________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J 14th August 2008 ajr To 1 The Managing Director, APSRTC, Musheerabad, Hyderabad. 2 The Dy.Chief Personal Manager, APSRTC, Vijayawada Zone, Vijayawada, Krishna District.