IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY SIXTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO and THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO : 1526 of 2008 Between: 1 Shaik Md. Fazululla S/o S. Abdul Khader, Dhone, Kurnool District. 2 P. Vasu S/o Late Sri P. Kondappa I Class Rampachodavaram, East Godvari District. 3 K.s. Koteswara Rao S/o Peda Narasanna S. Kota, Vizianagaram District. 4 N. Srinivasa Chary S/o Veeraiah Macherla, Guntur district. 5 K. Krishna Rao S/o Ramappanna Vizianagaram District. ..... PETITIONERS AND The High Court of A.P., Hyderabad rep by its Registrar (Vigilance) Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENT 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 issue a writ, order or direction more in the nature of Writ of Mandamus directing the respondent to include the names of the petitioners in the provisional inter-se seniority list communicated in Order Roc. No. 3783/2007-B Spl. dated 6-6-2007 on due substantial revival of the original list by following the merit obtained by us at the time of selection and consider the case of the petitioners for promotion to the post of Senior Civil Judge basing on the said seniority list with all consequential benefits and to 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: Sri.J.R.MANOHAR RAO Counsel for the Respondent: (SC FOR APHC),P.V.SANJAY KUMAR The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO AND THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.1526 of 2008 ORDER: (per Hon’ble Sri Justice V.V.S.Rao) The five petitioners seek a writ of mandamus to the High Court of Judicature, Andhra Pradesh, to include their names in the provisional inter-se seniority list of Junior Civil Judges communicated by the High Court in proceedings Roc.No.3783/2007-B.Spl, dated 06.06.2007. After receiving notice, the High Court, through its Registrar (Vigilance) has filed a counter affidavit. While denying the claim of the petitioners to be placed along with candidates who were recruited as per the orders of Government in their G.O.Ms.No.60, dated 07.04.1998, it is stated that the petitioners and seven other candidates were directed to be included/placed below the 118 direct recruit candidates, whose selection was approved by Government in G.O.Ms.No.60, dated 07.04.1998. A copy of the seniority list is, however, not placed before this Court, nor it is communicated to the petitioners. This Court, having regard to the counter averments that a final seniority list is already prepared, is not inclined to go into the claim of the petitioners in the Writ Petition. As and when the seniority list of Junior Civil Judges of 1998 batch is communicated – which we hope will be soon; it shall be open to the petitioners either to seek administrative redressal or judicial redressal. Any expression of opinion at this stage might prejudice the rival parties. Therefore, we desist from doing so. The Writ Petition, with the above observations, is accordingly dismissed. No costs. ____________ (V.V.S.RAO, J) ______________ (C.V.RAMULU, J) 26.03.2008 vs To 1. The Registrar (Vigilance), High Court of A.P., Hyderabad. 2. 2CD copies. Form-NIC-OGS/WP{TRT}