IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE THIRTY FIRST DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO:7140 of 2000 Between: J.Madhusudhan ..... PETITIONER AND The AP Transmission Corporation and others .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:MR. G.V.SHIVAJI Counsel for the respondents:MR. P.R.BALARAMI REDDY The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a writ of mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in rejecting the petitioner’s case for absorption vide order, dated 20.05.1999 as illegal and arbitrary. The petitioner, who claimed to have worked as a contract labourer, filed Writ Petition No.3771 of 1999 against order, dated 21.05.1998 passed by the respondents rejecting his claim for absorption. The said writ petition was disposed of by this Court on 25.02.1999 directing the respondents to not to disqualify the petitioner from consideration for regularisation solely on the ground that his services were rendered under a licensed contractor. Subsequently, the petitioner’s case was re-considered and by order, dated 20.05.1999 impugned in this writ petition, his case was again rejected on the following three grounds. i) By the time of the receipt of the Court directions 50% of existing vacancies as on 18.5.97 were filled up with eligible and selected candidates duly following the rule of reservation and no vacancy is left over in Jr. Lineman category. ii) You did not possess S.S.C./ITI qualifications required for the post of Jr. Lineman. iii) You were under aged as on the date of first engagement. The learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner had S.S.C. qualification and his case was unduly rejected by the respondents. From the material filed by the petitioner, it is evident that the petitioner failed to file a copy of SSC Certificate in proof of his passing SSC. In any event, ground No.1 itself is enough to non-suit the petitioner because according to the respondents, all the 50% vacancies reserved under B.P.Ms.No.36 were filled up with eligible and selected candidates duly following the rule of reservation and that no vacancy is left in the Junior Lineman category for being filled up. For the above-mentioned reasons, the writ petition fails and is accordingly, dismissed. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 31st DECEMBER, 2008. kvni