IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI DEVINDER GUPTA, THE CHIEF JUSTICE and THE HON'BLE Mr. JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO : 13444 of 2004 Between: A.B.V.N.D.Malleswara Rao, S/o A.Veerabhadra Rao, R/o D.No.15/40-1, Edepalli, Machilipatnam, Krishna District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 High Court of Andhra Pradesh, represented by its Registrar-General,High Court of A.P.,Hyderabad 2 The State of A.P. rep.by its Secretary, Law Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad .....RESPONDENTS 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 particularly in the nature of a Writ of Mandamus to the 1st respondent herein: a) to Scrutinize the Answer Papers of the Petitioner which consists of: Main Sheet (+) 5 Addl.Sheets for Civil Law Paper, Main Sheet (+) 6 Addl.Sheets for Criminal Law Paper again, as the petitioner sincerely believe that in the process of evaluating the Answers, awarding the marks, counting of total marks and incorporating the same in the marks list, a human error like mistake, oversight or inadvertence might have occasioned b) if the petitioner is found to be qualified, to grant necessary and consequential relief of ranking him in the qualified list of candidates c) to pass such further or other relief or reliefs which the Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances and in the interest of justice. Counsel for the Petitioner: Mr.M.SURENDER RAO Counsel for the Respondent No.1: Mr.C.V.Nagarjuna Reddy SC Counsel for Respondent No.2: G.P. for Legal Affairs. The Court made the following : ORAL ORDER: (per The Honourable Sri Devinder Gupta, the Chief Justice) Petitioner was one of the applicants who had appeared in the written examination for recruitment to the posts of Junior Civil Judges in A.P. State Judicial Service, and, seeks a direction for revaluation of his papers. Similar Writ Petitions were dismissed by Division Bench of this Court. We see no ground to order revaluation of papers in the absence of any arbitrariness or mala fides. We may observe that after declaration of result, interviews have been concluded. The Writ Petition has been filed belatedly. The Writ Petition, therefore, is dismissed. No costs. ______________________ DEVINDER GUPTA, C.J. 05.08.2004. ________________ C.V.RAMULU, J. VR. To 1. The Registrar-General,High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad 2. The Secretary to Government of A.P., Law Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 3. Two CD copies. 4. Two CCs to the G.P. for Legal Affairs, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT).