IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY SIXTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.18523 of 1999 Between: 1 Bursh Sivaiah S/o. Subba Rao and another. ..... Petitioners AND 1 The Member/Director, Transco A.P Vidyut Soudha, Khairthabad, Hyderabad and another. .....Respondents Counsel for the Petitioners: NONE APPEARED Counsel for the Respondents: P.R.BALARAMI REDDY(SC FOR AP TRANSCO) The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a writ of mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in not absorbing the petitioners in the posts of Junior Linemen, as illegal and arbitrary. The petitioners sought for quashing of Memo dated 22.07.1998 issued by respondent No.2 whereby their claims for absorption in terms of B.P.Ms.No.36, dated 18.05.1997 have been rejected. The petitioners claim to be Ex-Casual Labourers and they filed W.P.No.11274 of 1998 in this Court questioning the action of the respondents in not absorbing them in the suitable posts in terms of B.P.Ms.No.36 dated 18.05.1997 and this Court directed the respondents to consider their cases. Accordingly, respondent No.2 considered the petitioners’ claim for absorption and by letter dated 22.07.1998 he rejected their cases on the ground that they were below 18 years of age at the time of their initial engagement and hence they were not eligible for absorption in terms of the Board Circular. In the counter-affidavit filed by the respondents, they justified the impugned order. At the hearing, the learned counsel for the petitioners is not present to point out any illegality in the order impugned in this writ petition. I do not, therefore, find any justification to interfere with the impugned order. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 26.12.2008 va