IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY THE SIXTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT :PRESENT: THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE: C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION Nos. 14717, 15514, 16065 & 16583 of 2007 WP.No. 14717 of 2007: Between: 1. P.Dasthagiri, S/o. Subbarayudu 2. P.Sivasankar, S/o. P.Mallaiah 3. P.A.V.Prasad, S/o. Satyanarayana. ..... Petitioners AND 1. Andhra Pradesh Central Power Distribution Company Ltd., Singareni Bhavan, Red Hills, Hyderabad – 04, rep. By its Chairman & Managing Director. 2. The Director (HR & Comml), APCPDCL, Singareni Bhavan, Red Hills, Hyderabad – 04. 3. The Superintending Engineer (Operation), Ranga Reddy (North), APCPDCL, Gun Rock, Secunderabad. 4. The Superintending Engineer (Operation), Hyderabad (North), APCPDCL, Mint Compound, Hyderabad – 500 063. 5. The Govt. of A.P., rep. By Secretary, General Administration Dept., Secretariat, Hyderabad. (RR5 is impleaded as per C.O. dt. 06-11-08) .....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 any appropriate writ, order or direction particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not issuing the appointment orders to the petitioners as Sub-Engineers (Contract) based on the selection list, pursuant to the notification dated. 06-10-2006, inspite of issuing Lr.No. SE/OP/North/Hyd/Adm.A3/D.No.1964/2007, dt. 24-02-2007 to the 3rd petitioner by the 4th respondent as arbitrary, illegal and violative of Article 14, 16 and 21 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents to issue the appointment orders to the petitioners as Sub-Engineers (Contract) based on the selection list, pursuant to the Notification dated. 06-10-2006 issued by the 2nd respondent. The Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the petition and the affidavit filed herein and upon hearing the arguments of Sri Chandraiah Sunkara, Advocate for the Petitioners and of Sri P.R.Balarami Reddy – S.C. for APCPDCL for the Respondents 1 to 4. WP.No. 15514 of 2007: Between: K.Siddharaj, S/o. Manik. ..... Petitioner AND 1. Andhra Pradesh Central Power Distribution Company Ltd., Singareni Bhavan, Red Hills, Hyderabad – 04, rep. By its Chairman & Managing Director. ..2.. 2. The Director (HR & Comml), APCPDCL, Singareni Bhavan, Red Hills, Hyderabad – 04. 3. The Superintending Engineer (Operation), Medak, APCPDCL, Main Road, Sanga Reddy, Medak District. 4. The Govt. of A.P., rep. By Secretary, General Administration Dept., Secretariat, Hyderabad. (RR4 is impleaded as per C.O. dt. 06-11-08) .....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 any appropriate writ, order or direction particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not issuing the appointment orders to the petitioners as Sub-Engineers (Contract) based on the selection list dated. 19-02-2007, pursuant to the notification dated. 06-10-2006, as arbitrary, illegal and violative of Article 14, 16 and 21 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents to issue the appointment order to the petitioner as Sub- Engineers (Contract) based on the selection list dated. 19-02-2007 pursuant to the Notification dated. 06-10-2006 issued by the 2nd respondent. The Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the petition and the affidavit filed herein and upon hearing the arguments of Sri Chandraiah Sunkara, Advocate for the Petitioner and of Sri P.R.Balarami Reddy – S.C. for APCPDCL for the Respondents 1 to 3. WP.No. 16065 of 2007: Between: 1. M.Kondaiah, S/o. Narasimha 2. P.Dasthagiri, S/o. Subbarayudu 3. P.A.V.Prasad, S/o. Satyanarayana 4. A.Kanakaiah, S/o. Komaraiah 5. K.Siddaraj, S/o. Manik 6. V.Muniswamy, S/o. V.Balamunaiah 7. K.Krishna, S/o. K.Venkataswamy 8. Firoj Khan, S/o. Yakub Khan 9. Bon Kuru Mahewar Reddy, S/o. B.Mahanand Reddy 10. G.Bala Swamy, S/o. G.Ayyanna 11. V.Ravi, S/o. V.Redya. ..... Petitioners AND 1. Andhra Pradesh Central Power Distribution Company Ltd., Singareni Bhavan, Red Hills, Hyderabad – 04, rep. By its Chairman & Managing Director. 2. The Director (HR & Comml), APCPDCL, Singareni Bhavan, Red Hills, Hyderabad – 04. 3. The Superintending Engineer (Operation), Ranga Reddy (North), APCPDCL, Gun Rock, Secunderabad. 4. The Superintending Engineer (Operation), Hyderabad (North), APCPDCL, Mint Compound, Hyderabad – 500 063. 5. The Superintendent Engineer (Operation), Medak, APCPDCL, Main Road, Sanga Reddy, Medak (Dist). ..3.. 6. The Superintending Engineer (Operation), Kurnool, APCPDCL, Bellary Road, Kurnool – 518 001. 7. The Superintending Engineer (Operation), Nalgonda, APCPDCL, Near RTC Bus Stand, Nalgonda – 508 001. 8. The Superintending Engineer (Operation), Mahabubnagar, APCPDCL, Mettugadda, Mahabubnagar – 509 002. 9. The Govt. of A.P., rep. By Secretary, General Administration Dept., Secretariat, Hyderabad. (RR9 is impleaded as per C.O. dt. 06-11-08) .....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 any appropriate writ, order or direction particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not issuing the appointment orders to the petitioners as Sub-Engineers (Contract) based on the selection list dated. 19-02-2007, pursuant to the notification dated. 06-10-2006, inspite of issuing Lr.No. SE/OP/North/Hyd/Adm.A3/D.No.1964/2007, dt. 24-02-2007 to the 3rd petitioner by the 4th respondent and issuing the fresh notification dated. 21-07-2007 as arbitrary, illegal and violative of Article 14, 16 and 21 of the Constitution of India and consequently set aside notification dated. 21-07-2007 and direct the respondents to issue the appointment orders to the petitioners as Sub-Engineers (Contract) based on the selection list dated. 19-02-2007, pursuant to the Notification dated. 06-10-2006 issued by the 2nd respondent. The Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the petition and the affidavit filed herein and the orders of the High Court dated. 27-07-2007, 18-06-2008 & 25-09- 2008 made in WPMP.No. 20411/2007 and upon hearing the arguments of Sri Chandraiah Sunkara, Advocate for the Petitioners, Sri P.R.Balarami Reddy – S.C. for APCPDCL for the Respondents 1 to 8. WP.No. 16583 of 2007: Between: 1. T.Pradeep Kumar, S/o. Laxmi Narayana 2. B.Prabhakar, S/o. Narayana 3. B.Chandra Shekhar, S/o. Katamaiah. ..... Petitioners AND 1. Andhra Pradesh Central Power Distribution Company Ltd., Singareni Bhavan, Red Hills, Hyderabad – 04, rep. By its Chairman & Managing Director. 2. The Director (HR & Comml), APCPDCL, Singareni Bhavan, Red Hills, Hyderabad – 04. 3. The Superintending Engineer (Operation), Ranga Reddy (North), APCPDCL, Gun Rock, Secunderabad. 4. The Superintending Engineer (Operation), Medak, APCPDCL, Main Road, Sanga Reddy, Medak District. 5. The Govt. of A.P., rep. By Secretary, General Administration Dept., Secretariat, Hyderabad. (RR5 is impleaded as per C.O. dt. 06-11-08) .....Respondents ..4.. 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 any appropriate writ, order or direction particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not issuing the appointment orders to the petitioners as Sub-Engineers (Contract) based on the selection list dated. 19-02-2007, pursuant to the notification dated. 06-10-2006, as arbitrary, illegal and violative of Article 14, 16 and 21 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents to issue the appointment orders to the petitioners as Sub- Engineers (Contract) based on the selection list dated. 19-02-2007 pursuant to the Notification dated. 06-10-2006 issued by the 2nd respondent. The Petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the petition and the affidavit filed herein and upon hearing the arguments of Sri Chandraiah Sunkara, Advocate for the Petitioners, Sri P.R.Balarami Reddy – S.C. for APCPDCL for the Respondents 1 to 4, the Court made the following ORDER: “ The Registry is directed to implead the Govt. of A.P., represented by Secretary, General Administration Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad as party respondent to the above writ petitions and sent all the material filed by both the parties to the Secretary, GAD. The registry shall also inform the Secretary to file an affidavit as to any guidelines issued by the Government for the purpose of adopting the spirit of presidential order in public employment with public corporations to the State of A.P. and other relevant and ancillary aspects in this regard. Post the matters on 20-11-2008 under the caption “Part-heard”.” ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // for ASSISTANT REGISTRAR To 1. The Secretary, General Administration Dept., Govt. of A.P., Secretariat, Hyderabad. (By Spl. Messenger along with material papers) 2. The Chairman & Managing Director, Andhra Pradesh Central Power Distribution Company Ltd., Singareni Bhavan, Red Hills, Hyderabad – 04. 3. The Director (HR & Comml), APCPDCL, Singareni Bhavan, Red Hills, Hyderabad – 04. 4. The Superintending Engineer (Operation), Ranga Reddy (North), APCPDCL, Gun Rock, Secunderabad. 5. The Superintending Engineer (Operation), Hyderabad (North), APCPDCL, Mint Compound, Hyderabad – 500 063. 6. The Superintending Engineer (Operation), Medak, APCPDCL, Main Road, Sanga Reddy, Medak District. ..5.. 7. The Superintending Engineer (Operation), Kurnool, APCPDCL, Bellary Road, Kurnool – 518 001. 8. The Superintending Engineer (Operation), Nalgonda, APCPDCL, Near RTC Bus Stand, Nalgonda – 508 001. 9. The Superintending Engineer (Operation), Mahabubnagar, APCPDCL, Mettugadda, Mahabubnagar – 509 002. 10. One CC to Sri Chandraiah Sunkara, Advocate (OPUC) 11. One spare copy. SAH HIGH COURT CVRJ DATED: 06-11-2008 NOTE: POST THE MATTERS ON 20-11-2008 UNDER THE CAPTION “PART-HEARD” ORDER W.P.Nos. 14717, 15514, 16065 & 16583 of 2007 DIRECTION DRAFTED BY: SAH APPROVED BY: DRAFTED ON: 15-11-2008 HIGH COURT CVRJ DATED: 06-11-2008 NOTE: POST THE MATTERS ON 20-11-2008 UNDER THE CAPTION “PART-HEARD” ORDER W.P.Nos. 14717, 15514, 16065 & 16583 of 2007 DIRECTION