IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 6897 of 2008 Between: Jakkam Nookaraju, S/o. J. Kondala Rao, R/o. D.No. 4/148, Sannidhi Street, Srikalahasthi, Chittoor District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Commissioner, Endowments Department, Tilak Road, Hyderabad. 2 The Joint Commissioner & Executive Officer, Srikalahastheswaraswara Swamy Temple, Srikalahasthi, Chittoor District. .....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 one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the action of the 1st respondent in not passing any orders on the proposals of the 2nd respondent vide RC No. A1/782/2005 dt. 20-4- 2005 as illegal, arbitrary and constitutional and consequently direct the 1st respondent to pass appropriate orders as proposals sent by the 2nd respondent vide RC No. A1/782/2005 dt. 20-4-2005. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.V.SURENDER REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR ENDOWMENTS The Court made the following ORDER: The petitioner claims to have been engaged as Junior Assistant on contract basis by Srikalahasteswara Swamy Vari Devasthanam in the year 2004 for a period one year and thereafter, discontinued. He submitted a representation for his absorption into service of the Devasthanam. Correspondence ensued between the authorities of the Temple and the Endowments Department. The grievance of the petitioner is that no concrete action has been taken on his representation. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner, the learned Government Pleader for Endowments and the learned Standing Counsel for Devasthanam. The appointment of the petitioner for a limited period was admittedly on contract basis. By itself, it does not confer any right upon him to be absorbed into the service of the Devasthanam. The regular vacancies are to be filled, by following the procedure prescribed by law, duly inviting applications from the eligible persons. In case the respondents undertake filling up of the vacancies, the case of the petitioner can, certainly, be considered on par with the other eligible candidates. No specific direction can be issued for regularization of the service of the petitioner alone. Hence, the writ petition is disposed of, directing that as and when the respondents undertake recruitment to the vacancies in the approved cadre, the case of the petitioner shall be considered along with other eligible candidates, subject to his possessing requisite qualifications. There shall be no order as to costs. _______________ 01.04.2008 Note: Issue cc in one week. (B/o) kdl ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{RLD}