HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY AND HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P.DURGA PRASAD WRIT PETITION No.29121 OF 2008 Between: Nagam Ili Mallesham …. Petitioner and The Hon’ble High Court of A.P., Hyderabad and another …. Respondents This court made the following: HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY AND HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE P.DURGA PRASAD WRIT PETITION No.29121 OF 2008 JUDGMENT: (per the Hon’ble Sri Justice A.Gopal Reddy) Writ petitioner, who responded to the notification issued by respondent No.2, dated 15.08.2008, calling for applications for the post of attenders (office sub-ordinates) by way of direct recruitment in the A.P.Judicial Ministerial Service in the Unit of the District and Sessions Judge, Karimnagar District, filed the present writ petition seeking for issuance of a writ of Mandamus declaring the action of respondent No.2 in not issuing interview call letter to the petitioner for the post of attender, as violative of Articles 14, 16 and 21 of the constitution of India. This Court by way of interim order, dated 31.12.2008, permitted the petitioner to appear for the interview, but the result of the petitioner’s interview for the post of attender pursuant to notification, dated 05.08.2008, shall not be given effect to. The counter and the additional counter filed by respondent No.2-District & Sessions Judge, Karimnagar disclose that as per the notification for recruitment of 29 posts of Attenders/Office sub-ordinates by way of direct recruitment, the candidature of the petitioner, who belongs to B.C-B Category for which there is no ear marked Roster point in the notification, has to be considered only in O.C.Category. The last candidate among the O.C. Category secured 84 marks and the 36th candidate in O.C. Category has secured 75 marks, but the petitioner has secured only 36 marks. Therefore, he was not called for interview. Once the petitioner is not qualified for calling for the interview; though he was called for interview, in view of the marks secured by him, he cannot be selected; and as the last candidate who was selected in the O.C. Category secured 84 marks, we do not see any merit in the writ petition. The Writ Petition is, accordingly, dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. _________________ A.GOPAL REDDY, J ___________________ P.DURGA PRASAD, J 22nd November 2010 LMV