HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE T.MEENA KUMARI WRIT PETITION No. 5382 OF 2000 Friday, the Thirtieth Day of July, Two Thousand and Ten Between P.Adinarayana Petitioner AND The AP Generation Corporation Limited, Rep.by its Chairman, Somajiguda, Hyderabad and another Respondents ORAL ORDER: The proceedings dated 11.5.1999 issued by the second respondent informing the petitioner of his ineligibility for appointment under land losers scheme with reference to the interim order dated 2.1.1998 passed in WP MP No. 40418 of 1997 in WP No. 34342 of 1997, is assailed in this writ petition. It is case of the petitioner an extent of Ac.1.00 had been acquired by the respondents for installation of thermal power station at Ibrahimpatnam, Vijayawada in the year 1986 and nominal compensation was paid with an assurance that one member of the family of the land loser will be provided suitable employment. Accordingly, on 20.11.1993, the petitioner filed fresh application in prescribed proforma with the requisite documents, which was recommended by the second respondent. When nothing fruitful came out till 1997, the petitioner filed WP No. 34342 of 1997 and by an order dated 2.1.1998 made in WP MP No. 40418 of 1997, this court directed the first respondent to consider the case of the petitioner for suitable appointment under the scheme of land losers pending further orders. Pursuant thereto, the impugned order was passed informing the petitioner that the scheme was closed and his case cannot be considered. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Standing Counsel for the Respondents. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that when one member in the family of all the land losers was provided employment, the impugned order is discriminatory in refusing to provide employment to the petitioner, while it is the case of the respondents that the petitioner did not make application in time and since the scheme of providing employment to the land losers was closed, his case could not be considered in view of the orders of the Government in Lr. No. 5498/Ser/A2/95-11 dated 3.4.1998. The acquisition of land by the respondents for the purpose of installation of thermal project and payment of compensation are not in dispute. The contention of the petitioner that in view of the assurance held out by the respondents to provide employment to one person in a family, the petitioner is entitled for appointment to a suitable post, cannot be countenanced in view of the fact that the scheme itself was closed in view of the orders of the Government dated 3.4.1998 rejecting the proposals to provide employment to land losers, who were displaced due to construction of certain projects. In that premise, I do not find any merit in the writ petition. The Writ Petition being devoid of merits is accordingly dismissed. No order as to costs. ________________________ Justice T. Meena Kumari July 30, 2010 MAS