IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO : 8023 of 1999 Between: 1 Sri Avvaru Mohan S/o. A.V. Subbaiah R.G.Bank, C.K. Dinne - 516 003. CUDDAPAH DISTRICT. 2 Sri Aluru Murali S/o. A.V.Subbaiah Rayalaseema Grameena Bank, Head Office, P.B.No. 65, CUDDAPAH - 516 001. 3 Sri Bukkapatnam Prabhakar S/o. Late B. Rangappa R.G.Rank, Nossam - 518 145, Sanjamala Mandalam, KURNOOL DISTRICT. 4 Sri Gajula Ramalingeswaram S/o. Chinna Mallaiah Mgr. R.G.Rank, Nandivargam - 518 186, KURNOOL DIST. 5 Sri Sunku Subba Rao S/o. Chinna Rajaiah Setty Mgr. R.G.Bank, Lingala - 516 396, CUDDAPAH DIST. 6 Sri Pottipati Syama Sundara Reddy S/o. Late Narayana Reddy Mgr. R.G.Bank, Pendlimarry - 516 216, CUDDAPAH DIST. 7 Sri Sankavarad Krishnamachari S/o. Sreenivasa Chari Mgr.R.G.Bank, SAMBEPALLI - 516 215, CUDDAPAH DIST. 8 Sri Gundrati Sivarama Prasad S/o. Venkata Subbaiah Mgr. R.G.Bank, Mallapureddipalli, Pulivendla Mandal, CUDDAPAH DISTRICT. 9 Sri Uppaluri Venkata Krishna Murthy S/o. U.K.Sastry Mgr.R.G.Bank, Racherla - 523 335, PRAKASAM DIST. 10 Sri Challa Neela Kanta Reddy S/o. Subbi Reddy Mgr.R.G.Bank, Proddatur - 516 360, CUDDAPAH DIST. 11 Sri Madaka Hanumanthu S/o. Gundanna Officer, R.G.Bank, Head Office, P.B.No. 65, CUDDAPAH. 12 Sri Himakuntla Balachandrasekhar S/o. Venkata Subbaiah Officer,. R.G.Bank, Kolimigundla - 518 123, KURNOOL DIST. 13 Sri Poluru Arun Babu S/o. Narayana Setty Mgr. R.G.Bank, Kanagudur - 516 175, CUDDAPAH DIST. 14 Sri Padmakara Reddy Chappidi S/o. C. China Venkata Reddy Mgr. R.G.Bank, Ramanapalli CUDDAPAH DT-516 162. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 Rayalaseema Grameens Bank Rep. by its Chairman. Head Office, Cuddapah. 2 The Staff Selection Committee Rep. by its Chairman, Rayalaseema Grameena Bank, Cuddapah, Andhra Pradesh. 3 Smt. K. Sreevani, Mgr., R.G.Bank, Veladurthi - 518 216. KURNOOL DISTRICT. 4 SRI G. ANANTHA RAJU MGR., R.G.BANK, DORNIPADU - 518 135, KURNOOL DISTRICT. 5 M.Vinod Babu Sunnipenta -518 102, Kurnool District. 6 P.Durai Swamy Ternekal-518 465 Kurnool District. 7 P.Damodaram Veerapunayunipalli - 516 321. Cuddapah District. 8 S.V.Konda Reddy Kothakota-518 466 Kurnool District. 9 K.V.Subba Reddy Gosapadu-518 348 Kurnool Dist. 10 K.Narasimha Reddy Vempalli-516 329. Cuddapah District. 11 U.Ramalingeswara RAO Gadivemula-518 508, Kurnool Dist. 12 N.Suresh Babu, Japadu Bunglow-518 401 Kurnool District. 13 G.Atchyuthananda Moorthy Gajulapalli-518 583 Kurnool District. 14 R.Nagaraju Alur-518 395, Kurnool District. 15 A.Venkata Ramaiah Head Office, P.B.No..65, Cuddapah-516 001. 16 K.B.Suryanarayana, Betamcherla-518 599, Kurnool District. 17 C.Vijayajkumar Reddy Kamalapuram-516 289, Cuddapah District. 18 K.Ghouse Mohiddin Rajupalem -516 363, Cuddapah District. 19 R.Nagaiah Head Office, P.B.No.65, Cuddapah-516 001. 20 T.Nagaiah Rajampet-516 115 Cuddapah District. 21 P.Ranga Nayaki Devi Upparapalli 516 247, Cuddapah District. 22 K.Malli karjuna Rao Rayavaram-516 129., Cuddapah District. 23 G.Subba Reddy (RLY) Kondapuram-516 101, Cuddapah District. 24 A.Subramanyam Athmakur-518 422, Kurnool District. 25 R.Rama Mohan Reddy Sankarapuram-516 002, Cuddapah District. 26 Y.Koteswara Rao Opp: Ramesh Theatre, Cuddapah-516 001. 27 D.Rama Mohan Thimmapuram-518 512, Kurnool District. 28 K.Jayaraju Devanakonda-518 465, Kurnool District. 29 S.Sreeramulu Atlur-516 501, Cuddapah District. 30 S.Shabbir Hussain Nandalur-516 150, Cuddapah District. 31 Y.V.B.Subramanyam Krishna Nager Kurnool Dist-518 002 32 M.Narayana Reddy Veeraballi-516 268, Cuddapah District. 33 T.Prakham Reddy Mydukur-516 172. Cuddapah District. 34 D.Baban Galiveedu-516 267. Cuddapah District. 35 G.Sudhakar Peddamudiyam-516 434 Cuddapah District. 36 D.Raja Reddy Yarramunireddy Colony Proddatur-516 360, Cuddapah District. 37 J.S.N.Prasad Kalasapadu - 516 217, Cuddapah District. 38 L.V.Krishna Reddy Chilamakur - 516 310, Cuddapah District. 39 Y. Nageswara rao Obulavaripalli- 516 108, Cuddapah District. 40 T.Chandrasekhar Reddy Kagitalapenta, Cuddapah Dist-516 003. 41 V.Venkateswara rao Porumamilla-516 193, Cuddapah District. 42 M.Raja Reddy Peddapasupula-516 411, Cuddapah District. 43 G.Sivasankara Reddy Sidhout-516 237, Cuddapah District. 44 K.Yellaiah Pathikonda-518 380, Kurnool District. 45 Bala Venkata REDDY Regada Gudur - 518 533, Kurnool District. 46 M.Nirmala Gangeyapuram-518 452, Kurnool District. 47 G.Sambasiva Reddy Deebaguntla-518 502, Kurnool District. 48 G.Sunandana Dass Uyyalawada-518 155, Kurnool District. 49 M.Venkata Subbaiah Giddalur-523 357 Prakasam District. 50 D.Sankara Rao Manthralayam-518 345, Kurnool District. 51 K.Rama Prasad Mylavaram-516 439, Cuddapah District. 52 P.Gopal Reddy Vallur-516 293, Cuddapah District. 53 A.Purshotham Reddy Kurnool-518 004, Kurnool District. 54 K.Afzal Basha Adoni-518 301, Kurnool District. 55 M.Govinda Rajulu, Parumanchala-518 407, KURNOOL DISTRICT. 56 K.Urujundappa Pervalli KURNOOL DISTRICT. 57 A.V.Nageswara Rao Hidthuru-518 405, KURNOOL DISTRICT. 58 J.Venugopal Naidu Jonnagiri-518 390, KURNOOL DISTRICT. 59 N.David Tallaproddatur, KURNOOL DISTRICT. 60 K.Ramathulasamma Nannoor-518 023,, KURNOOL DISTRICT. 61 S.Venkata Subbaiah Nagaripadu-516 110, KURNOOL DISTRICT. 62 A. Janardhana Rao Pedda Cheppali-516 289, KURNOOL DISTRICT. 63 Sri TGSSN Maheswara Rao, Head Office, P.B.No..65, KURNOOL DISTRICT.-516 001. 64 M.Rama Seshaiah Markapuram-523 316 KURNOOL DISTRICT. 65 K.Nageswara Reddy Vemula-516 349, KURNOOL DISTRICT. 66 C. Chandrasekhar Polkar-518 473, KURNOOL DISTRICT. 67 G. Venkateswarlu Nandyal, KURNOOL DISTRICT. 68 S.Narayana Reddy Kudumur-518 464, KURNOOL DISTRICT. 69 S.Narayana Reddy Kolimigundla-518 123, KURNOOL DISTRICT. 70 M.V.Subba Reddy Thondur-516 401, KURNOOL DISTRICT. 71 K.Sailendranath Tangutur (C)-516 151, via: Nandalur, KURNOOL DISTRICT. 72 G. Kalendhar Basha Head Offcie, P.B.No..65, KURNOOL DISTRICT.-516 001. 73 G. Ayyavaraiah Kagitala Penta, Cuddapah Dist-516 003. 74 M.Rajasekhar Reddy Garladinne-518 200, KURNOOL DISTRICT. 75 M.Veera REDDY Head Offcie, P.B.No..65, KURNOOL DISTRICT.-516 001. 76 C.Bhagirathi Devi Head Offcie, P.B.No..65, Cuddapah-516 001. 77 K.L.N.Kumar Head Offcie, P.B.No..65, CUDDAPAH DISTRICT. 78 M.Chenchu Swamy Parla-518 478, KURNOOL DISTRICT. 79 B.Nagaraju Peddakadabur, KURNOOL DISTRICT. 80 L.Koteswara Rao Arthaveedu-523 355, PRAKASAM DISTRICT. 81 J.Vijaya Bhaskar Mochampet, CUDDAPAH-516 001 82 C.Sudershan Reddy Yarraguntla-516 309, CUDDAPAH DISTRICT. 83 M.V.Subba Reddy Ramapuram PO & Mandal, CUDDAPAH DIST.-516 504. 84 P.V.Ramana Devuni Cuddapah, CUDDAPAH - 516 002. 85 Y.C.Sudhakar reddy Kalva Hussainpuram-518 001, KURNOOL DISTRICT. 86 N.V.Rami Reddy Head Office, P.B.No.65, CUDDAPAH - 516 001. 87 B.Radhakrishna Reddy Noonepalli - 518 503, KURNOOL DISTRICT. 88 K.Varaprasad Peddathumbalam, KURNOOL DISTRICT. 89 V.Koteswara Rao Head Office, P.B.No.65, CUDDAPAH-516 001 90 Sri T.Sekhar Babu B-Matham-516 503, CUDDAPAH DISTRICT. 91 Sri J.Mohan Reddy Itukulapadu (C/o. R.G. Bank, Mydukur - 516 172, CUDDAPAH DISTRICT. .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 of Mandamus or any other appropriate Writ or order or direction in the Nature of Writ Under Article 226 of the Constituion of India, holding that the Circular No..197/STF/69/98 dt: 18/12/98 effecting promotions from Scale I to Scale II Officers as being illegal, void and set aside the said promotions and further issue a direction to consider our cases for promotions to the post of Scale II Officer and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.C.V.RAJEEVA REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.K.SRINIVASA MURTHY The Court made the following : ORAL ORDER: The learned counsel for petitioner seeks permission of the Court to withdraw the writ petition. Permission is accorded. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn leaving liberty to the petitioners to work out their remedies as available under law, if necessary, by filing another Writ Petition. No order as to costs. ______________ C.V.RAMULU, J Date: 4.3.2008 DA THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO : 8023 of 1999 4.3.2008