IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT HON'BLE SRI DEVINDER GUPTA, THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HON'BLE Ms. JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 1109 of 2005 Between: G. Ramesh Naidu S/o Appa Rao R/o D. No. 11-60, Main Road, Gopalapatnam, Visakhapatnam District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Government of A.P., Law (LA& JSCF) Department, rep by Chief Secretary to Government, Secretariat Building, Hyderabad 2 The Registrar General, High Court of A.P., 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 may be pleased to issue a Writ or order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in rejecting the application of the petitioner to the post of District & Sessions Judge Grade-II by the 2nd Respondent vide his letter Roc. No. 202/2004-Rc, dt 31-12-2004 is illegal, arbitrary, violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India and consequently set a side the same by allowing the petitioner for selection to the post of District & Sessions Judge allowing the petitioner for selection to the post of District & Sessions Judge Grade-II in the interest of Justice. Counsel for the Petitioner : Sri KURITI BHASKARA RAO Counsel for the Respondent No.2: Sri C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.1: The G.P. for Law & Legislature The Court made the following : ORAL ORDER: (Per Hon’ble Sri Devinder Gupta, the Chief Justice) There is no question of grant of relief in the writ petition inasmuch as the petitioner’s application for the post of District and Sessions Judge Grade-II in the Andhra Pradesh State Higher Judicial Service was not received in time. Further, it was also not addressed to the Chief Secretary to Government, General Administration (SC.F) Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad, as per the notification. Writ Petition is dismissed. ________________________ DEVINDER GUPTA, C.J. _____________ G.ROHINI, J 28-01-2005 bsc // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 The Chief Secretary to Government, The Government of A.P., Law (LA& JSCF) Department, Secretariat Building, Hyderabad 2 The Registrar General, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad 3. 2CCs to Sri C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, Standing Counsel for A.P.High Court, Hyderabad (OUT) 4. 2CD copies 5. Two CCs to G.P. for Law and Legislature, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad (OUT) 6. The Secretary Incharge, Legal Cell, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad. Form-NIC-OGS/WP{TRT}