IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) PRESENT THE HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SHRI NISAR AHMAD KAKRU AND THE HON’BLE SHRI JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR WRIT APPEAL NO.26681 OF 2010 DATED:27.10.2010 Between: B. Bhanu Murthy … Petitioner And The Hon’ble Sri Gubba Chandra Sekhar Hon’ble Member, Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission Prathiba Bhavan, Nampally, Hyderabad and others … Respondents THE HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SHRI NISAR AHMAD KAKRU AND THE HON’BLE SHRI JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR WRIT PETITION NO.26681 OF 2010 ORDER: (per the Hon’ble the Chief Justice Shri Nisar Ahmad Kakru) Appointment of respondent 1 as Member of the Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) is questioned on the basis of Regulation 3 of the APPSC Regulations, which is reproduced for facility of reference: “Regulation 3: The Commission shall consist of the Chairman and such other Members not exceeding (nine) in number.” The contention of the petitioner is that constitution of the commission cannot exceed 9 including the Chairman. In our opinion, petition is filed on misconception because the Regulation admits no ambiguity to the effect that it would mean Chairman plus nine members. Dismissed. VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR, J NISAR AHMAD KAKRU, CJ 27-10-2010 B. Narsinga Rao