IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO : 2700 of 2007 Between: G.Venkata Rao S/o.Naraiah Elakaturthy Exchange, under the control of Sub-Divisional Officer Telecom, and R/o. Elakaturthy, Elakaturthy Mandal, Karimnagar District. ..... PET IT IONER AND 1 Bharath Sanchar Nigam Ltd., rep. by its General Manager, Telecom District Karimnagar, Ashoknagar, Karimnagar, Karimnagar District. 2 Sub-Divisional Officer, Telecom, Huzurabad, Karimnagar District. 3 C.Devadanam Elakaturthy exchange, Elakaturthy Mandal, Karimnagar district. .....RESPONDENT (S) 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 to issue a writ, order or direction more in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in treating me as a surplus employee ( Telecom Mechanic ) at Elakaturthy Exchange contrary to the factual situation and the consequential proceedings issued in Lr.No.E-1-15/TMs/2006- 07/56, dated 3.6.2006 in so far as it relates to my transfer from Elakaturthy to Gambirao pet as illegal, arbitrary, malaﬁde and contrary to the established norms oﬀending Art. 14 nd 16 of the Constitution of India and consequentially to direct the respondents to continue the petitioner at Elakaturthy Exchange, Karimnagar District and to pass such other order or orders. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.M.SUDHIR KUMAR Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.A.RAJASHEKAR REDDY (ASST SOLICITOR GEN) The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU W.P.No.2700 of 2007 ORAL ORDER: It appears, petitioner while working as Telephone Mechanic was transferred from Elkaturthy to Gambhiraopet and he was relieved from duties with eﬀect from 6.6.2006. Nonetheless he had joined duty at Gambhiraopet and ﬁled writ petition before this Court complaining that he was not surplus at Elkaturthy. However, in the meanwhile, one Devanandam, another Telephonic mechanic expired, therefore petitioner was accommodated at Elkaturthy and he is being continued. In view of the fact that petitioner was already accommodated in the place of Devanandam at Elkaturthy, the cause in this writ petition does not survive as of now for further adjudication. Therefore, the writ petition is closed. No order as to costs. _____________ C.V.RAMULU, J Date: 22.9.2008 DA THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU W.P.No.2700 of 2007 22.9.2008