IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE K.C. BHANU WRIT PETITION NO : 6428 of 2005 Between: 1 B. Yesobu S/o. Devada 2 S. Venkateswarlu S/o. Narayana 3 K. Kantha rao S/o. Veeraiah 4 A . Raheem , S/o. Mehaboob Hussain, 5 K. Venkanna, S/o. Venkata Ramulu, 6 Md. Yousuf, S/o. Amiruddin, 7 P. Krishna, S/o. Gopaiah, 8 P.V. Ram Mohan Reddy, S/o. Pichi Reddy, 9 T. Rama Rao S/o. Laxmaiah 10 P. Rami Reddy, S/o. Damodar Reddy 11 B. Laxmaiah, S/o. Chennaiah, 12 N.Venkateswara Rao, S/o. Subba Rao, 13 T. Rama Rao , S/o. Narasaiah, 14 K. Ratna Rao, S/o. Raghavaiah, 15 M. Subbaiah , S/o. Sri Ramulu, 16 R. Sambaiah, S/o. Dasaiah, 17 M. Nagarjuna, S/o. Komaraiah, 18 A.V. Prasad, S/o. Satyanarayana, 19 D. Srinivasa Rao, S/o. Govardhan Rao, 20 T. Ayodhya, S/o. Gopaiah, 21 S. Satyam, S/o. Veeraswamy, 22 T. Srikrishna, S/o. Mohan Rao, 23 Sk. Ismail, S/o. Sk. Hussain, 24 R. Komaraiah , S/o. Yakaiah, 25 K. Satyanarayana, S/o. Mangaiah, 26 N. Babu Rao, S/o. Ramaiah, 27 P.V. Brahman S/o. Hanumaiah 28 B. Prasad S/o. Gopaiah 29 V. Srikanth S/o. V. Pattabhi Ramaiah 30 N. Madhava Rao S/o. Appa Rao 31 J. Venkata Narayana S/o. Papaiah 32 V. Kameswara Rao S/o. Subba rao 33 G. Komaraiah S./o. Somaiah 34 M. Sekhar S/o. Nageswara Rao 35 Sk. Yakhboob Ali, S/o.Mahaboob Ali 36 Ch. Linga Rao S/o.Srinivasa Rao 37 V. Srikanth S/o. Pattabhi Ramaiah 38 P. Ananda Babjee S/o. Satyanarayana 39 R. Ramesh S/o. Saraiah KTPS R/o. Paloncha, Khammam District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Chairman, A.P. Power Generation Corporation Limited, Vidyut Soudha, Hyderabad. 2 The Managing Director, A.P. Power Generation Corporation Limited, Vidyut Soudha, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not considering and disposing of the petitioners' representation dt. 30-9-2004 for filing up of the existing vacancies in A.P. Genco Ltd., with them as arbitrary, illegal and violative of Articles 14, 16 and 21 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents to fill up the existing vacancies in A.P. Genco Ltd. with the petitioners who are having bona fide certificates by conducting fresh interviews and verifying their certificates and pass such other order or orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.ANDERAVI KUMAR Counsel for the Respondents: SMTE.URMILA The Court at the admission stage made the following : The Hon’ble Sri Justice K.C. Bhanu W.P. No. 6428 of 2005 O R D E R: Challenging the action of the respondents in not considering and disposing of the petitioners’ representation dated 30.9.2004 for filling up of the existing vacancies in A.P. Genco Limited as illegal and arbitrary, the present writ petition is filed. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned standing counsel for the respondents. The respondents have to take appropriate decision to fill up the existing vacancies in A.P. Genco. Therefore, without entering into the merits of the case, the writ petition is disposed of directing the respondents to take appropriate decision in filling up the vacancies in A.P. Genco within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order in accordance with the rules and regulations of the respondent-corporation. ________________ K.C. Bhanu, J. Date: 25—03—2005. MVB. ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The Chairman, A.P. Power Generation Corporation Limited, Vidyut Soudha, Hyderabad. 2 The Managing Director, A.P. Power Generation Corporation Limited, Vidyut Soudha, Hyderabad. 3. 2 CD copies