THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K.C.BHANU W.P.No.15898 of 2011 ORDER: This writ petition is filed seeking a Mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in not providing employment to the petitioners after winding up the N.F.E scheme as illegal and arbitrary and to direct the respondents to consider the petitioners’ case for appointment either as Cluster Resource Persons or in any other equivalent post in Rajiv Vidhya Mission (SSA) School Complexes. The brief facts that are necessary for disposal of the writ petition may be stated as follows: The petitioners were appointed as N.F.E. (Non-formal Education) Instructors and subsequently they were promoted to Supervisors. The scheme of N.F.E. was introduced in 1978 and it was successfully implemented for about 23 years. Thereafter, the Government abolished N.F.E. scheme with effect from 31.3.2001. Thereafter, the petitioners’ services were terminated without redeployment or absorbing the Instructors and Supervisors in the Education Department. Therefore, the action of the respondents in not considering the petitioners’ case as Cluster Resource Persons is illegal. Learned counsel for respondents 1 and 2 stated that the Government, after careful examination have decided to explore the possibility of engaging the erstwhile N.F.E. Instructors/Supervisors as Instructors in the State of A.P. Open Schools funded under DEPE/SSA, subject to the condition that the candidates fulfil all the requisite criteria laid down for selection of the same. It is also made clear that N.F.E. personnel will be given preference to the post of Coordinators in view of the fact that the Government issued G.O.Ms.No.55 Education (Prog.II-1) Department, dated 1.5.2004 wherein the Government decided to engage Coordinators for School Complexes. It is also stated that the Instructors and Supervisors of N.F.E. scheme are engaged for improvement of educational schemes of the children who cannot attend the formal schools. Those who were interested were given opportunity for teaching such children under N.F.E scheme which is the policy decision taken by the Government. In case of Instructors and Supervisors, there is no provision of rules for absorption. Moreover the Government have issued orders in Memo No.8290/Prog.II.1/2002, dated 29.5.2003 to utilize the services of N.F.E. Instructors/Supervisors in A.P. Open Schools Society and also as Coordinators in School Complexes. In view of the policy decision taken by the Government, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to consider the case of the petitioners for utilizing their services either in Open School Society as Instructors and Supervisors or in School Complexes as Coordinators provided they are eligible and qualified in pursuance of any notification that may be issued by the respondents. In the circumstances of the case, there shall be no order as to costs. K.C.BHANU,J Dt.13.06.2011 lvl THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K.C.BHANU W.P.No.15898 of 2011 Dt. 13.06.2011