IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY NINTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO : 26462 of 2008 Between: 1 Smt. K. Laxmi Devi W/o. Late Raja Rao Judicial First Class Magistrate, Ananthapur, Ananthapur District. 2 B. Vijaya Laxmi W/o. Sunkayya Senior Civil Judge Court, Allagadda, Kurnool District. 3 V. Gandhi S/o. Rama Rao Senior Civil Judge, Kovvur, West Godavari District. 4 J. Ella Bai D/o. Durga Bai Senior Civil Judge, Kothagudem, Khammam District. 5 Smt. Gorla Ratnalu W/o. Ramappadu Junior Civil Judge Court, Amudalavalasa. 6 C. Venkata Rao S/o. Anjayya Additional Junior Civil Judge, Addanki, Prakasam District. 7 M. Sreenivasulu S/o. Chinnayya City Civil Court, Hyderabad. 8 Shaik Kareemulla S/o. Md. Zakriya Principal Junior Civil Judge, Repalle, Guntur District. 9 Bedagani Naga Raj S/o. Nagaiah Sub Court, Pileru, Chittoor District. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh Rep. by its Secretary Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Registrar General High Court of Andhra Pradesh Hyderabad. 3 The District Sessions Judge Ananthapur District Ananthapur. 4 The District Sessions Judge Kurnool District Kurnool. 5 The District Sessions Judge West Godavari District Eluru. 6 The District Sessions Judge Khammam District Khammam. 7 The District Sessions Judge Srikakulam District Srikakulam. 8 The District Sessions Judge Prakasam District Ongole. 9 The Chief Judge City Civil Courts Hyderabad. 10 The District Sessions Judge Guntur District Guntur. 11 The District Sessions Judge Chittoor District Chittoor. .....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 to issue a Writ, Order or direction more in the nature of mandamus declaring the Orders passed by the Government in their letter No.32481/Courts-D2/07, dated 19-5-2008 rejecting the proposals submitted by the High Court for relaxation of age in favour of the Writ Petitioners for their regular appointment while extending the said benefit to the similarly situated person i.e. Smt. M. Sakkubai in G.O.Ms.No.1721 Law (LA&J Couts D-2) Department dated 22-10-2002 as highly arbitrary, illegal, discriminatory and violative of Article 14, 16 and 21 of the Constitution of India and consequentially declare that the Writ Petitioners are entitled for relaxation of age as recommended by the High Court with all attendant benefits. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.P.V.RAMANA Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR HOME THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH and THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION No.26462 of 2008 JUDGMENT:(per Hon’ble Sri Justice V.Eswaraiah) Petitioners, who are working as part-time and full-time contingent employees, seek a writ of mandamus to declare the letter of the Government dated 19.05.2008 in rejecting the proposals submitted by the High Court for relaxing the age limit in their favour while extending the same benefit to a similarly situated person vide G.O.Ms.No.1721 dated 22.10.2002 as illegal and arbitrary. Smt M.Bhaskara Lakshmi, learned standing counsel appearing for the High Court, submitted that the cases of the petitioners have been considered by the High Court and the age limit has been relaxed to appoint the petitioners as attenders in the existing vacancies as per the High Court’s Circular Roc.No.2708/2003-D1(3), dated 06.01.2004. A copy of the proceedings dated 09.04.2009, relaxing the age limit of attenders, is also placed before this Court. As the petitioners were granted the relief sought for, no further orders need be passed in this writ petition and the same is accordingly dismissed. No costs. V.ESWARAIAH,J SANJAY KUMAR,J Dt:29.04.2009 usd