THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO WRIT PETITION No. 2684 OF 2011 O R D E R: This Writ Petition has been instituted essentially aggrieved by the action of the 1st respondent Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corporation Limited, in seeking to conduct certain selections for filling up various vacancies for which the recruitment process has been initiated through Notification No. 1 of 2010, inviting applications in all for 1086 vacancies of Junior Plant Attendants. The writ petitioners submit that their land situate in Chelpur Village, Ghanpur (Mulugu) Mandal of Warangal District was acquired by the State for the purpose of Kakatiya Thermal Power Project and they were paid compensation on 02.11.2006. Their apprehension is that contrary to the policy decision of the State Government, which provided for certain additional benefits other than the compensation, representing the market value, such benefits are not implemented or extended by the 1st respondent Corporation. In principle, the State Government has announced, as a relief and rehabilitation package, certain additional benefits to be accorded to the land losers, whose lands have been acquired for various public purposes, for implementation of projects, in particular. The State Government, announced its decision through G.O.Ms.No. 98, Irrigation & Project Wing Department, dated 15.04.1986, in consultation with the Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission, and it was decided by the State to provide jobs to the displaced persons in the implementation of projects and to keep such appointments outside the purview of the Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission also. In particular, it is decided that not more than 50% of the vacancies of posts, which are equivalent to Junior Assistants or Typists or cadres below, be reserved to be filled in by the displaced family members simultaneously following the rule of reservation amongst various social sectors such as scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, backward classes, ex- servicemen, physically challenged categories, meritorious sports persons, etcetera. There was no mention whatsoever made in the policy decision of the State that for one to become eligible to seek the benefits set out therein, one must lose Ac.1.00 of land. Thereafter, the State Government has also announced yet another policy decision through their G.O.Ms.No. 266, Irrigation and Command Area Development (Projects Wing) Department, dated 19.09.1994, constituting selection committees, to be in conformity with Section 4 of Act 2 of 1994. The District Collector concerned will be the Chairman of the Committee which also comprises the Joint Collector of the District and the Chief Engineering of the concerned project as the other members. Thus, to consider the claims of those persons, who are seeking recruitment against 50% of the vacancies set apart to be filled in by the land losers family members, an appropriate selection committee headed by the District Collector concerned is constituted and based upon the recommendations of the said selection committee, the respective appointing authorities would be finalizing the selections. Therefore, except subjecting the family members of the land losers to the selection process headed by the selection committee constituted through the subsequent G.O.Ms.No. 266, dated 19.09.1994, the family members of the land losers will not be subjected to any other selection process which can comprise written test or a trade test even. To that extent, the grievance nurtured by the writ petitioners can be said to be imaginary. Sri C. Raghu, learned Standing Counsel for the 1st respondent Corporation has made it clear that the respondent Corporation is in no way deviating from the policy decision announced by the State Government referred to supra, when it comes to the question of filling up the 50% of the vacancies notified for the posts of Junior Plant Attendants. Since the respondent Corporation agreed to abide by the policy decision taken by the State Government, as a rehabilitation mechanism of the land losers, suffice it, for the present, to direct the respondents to subject the cases of such of those applicants, who claimed recruitment against 50% land losers quota, to be examined by the appropriate selection committee of the district concerned and based upon the recommendations of the said selection committee, the follow up action of finalization of the selections be undertaken by the respondent Corporation, duly following and observing the other suitability conditions, such as possessing appropriate technical qualifications. It is needless to observe that the officials of the respondent Corporation are entitled to raise their objections before the selection committee concerned at the time of selecting the displaced persons for appointment. Such objections are liable to be taken into account and consideration by the said committee. It is also open to the committee to scrutinize the qualifications, which are required for being employed with the respondent Corporation. It is needless to mention that the respondents cannot introduce any new conditionalities than those prescribed by the Government, including the condition that for one to avail the benefit of consideration under the land losers quota, land of an extent of Ac.1.00 ought to have acquired. With this, the Writ Petition is disposed of at the admission stage, leaving all other questions unanswered as they are not called for, for the present, to be answered. No costs. ---------------------------------- (NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO, J) 9th February 2011 ksld