IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) SATURDAY, THE NINTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 3999 of 2007 Between: 1 S. Rambabu S/o. S. China Satyam O/o. SDE(SWI)KVD, R/o. 6-6-115, Devinagar Colony, Secunderabad. 2 P. Sudhakar S/o. P. Rama Kistaiah R/o. B-9, P & T Qrts, Sappras Lane, Balamrai, Secunderabad. 3 G.V. Anapurna W/o. A.V.S.N. Murthy R/o. 909, Balajinagar, Ramnagar, Hyderabad. 4 S. Somaiah S/o. Janardhan R/o. Qr. No. B-8, Telecom Staff Quarters, Tarnaka, Hyderabad. 5 Ch. Obelesu S/o. Obanna O/o. SDE (Trunks) B.S.N. Kurnool. 6 K. Adinarayana Chari W?o. K. Ramalingaiah Achari SSS, O/o. GMT, BSNL,. Kurnool. 7 Choragudi Bhaskar Rao S/o. C.Y. Chandra Rao Central Telephone Exchange, BSNL, Vijayawada, Krishna District. 8 Bobbilipati Kumar S/o. Late B. John, BSNL,. ANR Gate, Vijayawada 9 C. Venkateswarlu S/o. C.P. Venkataiah CTO Compound, Kurnool. 10 M. Vijaya Lakshmi W/o. Y.M.S. Ravi Hyderabad. 11 P.B. Madhsudhan Rao S/o. P.L. Bikshapathi Hyderabad. 12 G. lakpati S/o. Sri Ramulu Hyderabad. 13 Galeti Lakshmana Rao S/o. G. Venkateswarlu M/s. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd., 14 A. Nanajee S/o. A. Ranga Rao Technical Buildings, 1st Floor, M/s. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd., Bhavan, Machavaram, Vijayawada. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Union of India, Rep. by its Secretary to Government Department of Telecommunications, Sanchar Bhavan, New Delhi. 2 The Advisor (HRD) Department of Telecommunications, Sanchar Bhavan, New Delhi. 3 M/s. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd., Rep. by its Chairman Cum Managing Director, Sanchar Bhavan, New Delhi. 4 M/s. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd., Rep. by its Director (HRD) Statesman House, Barkatapura Road, Hyderabad. 5 The Chief General Manager, Andhra Pradesh Telecommunications, M/s. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd., Nampally Station Road, Abids, Hyderabad. 6 Asst. General Manager (SR) M/s. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd, Nampally Station Road, Abids, 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 a writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction in the nature of a writ declaring the clause IV of Paragraph 3 of the Letter No. 12-15/2002-DE dt. 10-3- 2003 issued by the 3rd Respondent as illegal, arbitrary, discriminatory and unconstitutional insofar as it denies the benefit of relaxation standard to the candidates who have appeared in departmental; competitive examination for Junior Telecom Officers (15% quota) held in 1999 by holding that the petitioners are entitled for grant of the said benefit of relaxed standard with all consequential benefits such as inclusion in the merit list, promotion to the post of Junior Telecom Officer, Seniority pay and allowances etc. and 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 Petitioners: MR.Y.SUBBHA REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: MR.A.RAJASHEKAR REDDY (ASST SOLICITOR GEN) The Court made the following ORDER: The learned Standing Counsel for the respondents submits that the subject matter of this writ petition is covered by the Judgment of this Court in W.P.No.26246 of 2006, dated 30.07.2008. Following the same, the writ petition is dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. __________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY,J Dt:19.08.2008 kdl ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{VSMI}