IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI BILAL NAZKI, THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE and THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 15497 of 2005 Between: Association for Social Justice (Regd.No.473/2005) rep. by its General Secretary, G.Kishore Kumar. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 A.P.Tourism Development Corporation Ltd., rep. by its Managing Director, Tourism House, Himayathnagar, Hyderabad, and 165 others. .....RESPONDENTS ORDER: (Per Hon’ble Sri Bilal Nazki, The Acting Chief Justice) The grievance of the petitioner was that a notice has been issued by respondent-Corporation on 10-02-2005 for engagement of employees against various posts, and the rule of reservation had not been adhered to. Respondent-Corporation filed their counter and submitted that during the exigencies of service, they wanted some people with special skills for specific period of time, therefore, they issued the impugned notification on 10-2-2005 for engagement of such employees only on contract basis, and as such, it was not necessary for them to follow the rules of reservation. But the learned Counsel for the petitioner apprehended on the last occasion that this was a method by which the rules of reservation were defeated. People were appointed on contract basis, and their services were regularized in due course of time. Now, the Managing Director of the Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation Limited has filed an undertaking, in which he has categorically stated that if these posts, which were notified on 10-2-2005, are continued on permanent basis, and appointments are made against these posts, they shall be only made after following the rules of reservation. He has further categorically stated that the persons, who were appointed on contract basis in response to the notification dated 10-02-2005, would not be regularized in the Corporation. In Para 4 of the affidavit, he stated as under: “I submit that if the posts notified in the notification dated 10- 02-2005 for engagement of employees on contract, are sanctioned in future, the corporation undertakes to issue employment notification and recruit the employees on regular basis by following the rule of reservation, in accordance with l aw . At any rate, the Corporation will not regularize the services of those who are appointed on contract pursuant to the notification dated 10-02-2005.” In view of this factual position, we do not think any further orders are needed to be passed in this writ petition, which is accordingly disposed of. No costs. --------------------------------- (Bilal Nazki, A.C.J) 25th October, 2005 --------------------------------- (R.Subhash Reddy, J) LUR