IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.8364 of 2009 Between: Rahmat Bee, S/o. S. Abdul Azeez, R/o. H.No. 21-10, Lingayat Nagar Street, Atmakur Post, Atamkur Mandal, Kurnool District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Commissioner and Director of School Education, Nampally, Hyderabad - 500 001. 2 Board of Intermediate Education, Nampally, Rep by its Secretary, Hyderabad - 500 001. 3 District Educational Officer, Kurnool. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:SMT.K.V.RAJASREE Counsel for the Respondents:AGP FOR EDUCATION The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a writ of mandamus to set aside proceedings bearing R.C.No.130/RC-3/2004, dated 11.02.2004. The petitioner studied Urdu Fazil Course with English as optional. In the context of her seeking to appear for D.S.C. 2008 examination, she submitted an application, which was returned on the ground that the said Course is not equivalent to Intermediate Course, which is the qualifying examination for the purpose of appearing for D.S.C. examination. The petitioner relied upon Communication, dated 08.08.2000 addressed to t h e Convenor, Idara-E-Adabiyat-E-Urdu Examinations, Nandyal, Kurnool, by the Secretary, Board of Intermediate Education, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. It is mentioned therein that the Board of Intermediate Education has considered that the students who studied English as one of the optional subjects in Urdu Fazil Course are equivalent to Intermediate humanities group only. On the basis of this Communication, the petitioner pleaded that she is entitled to be considered as eligible for appearing for D.S.C. examination. However, the Commissioner and Director of School Education, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, issued proceedings, dated 11.02.2004, a copy of which is filed by the petitioner, which reads as under: “All the District Educational Officers in the State are informed that in the reference 1st cited certain candidates have stated that some of the candidates have done their studies either in Telugu medium or in English medium. Later, they have completed Urdu Fazil. Basing on the strength of the Urdu Fazil, they are applying for the post of SGT (Urdu Medium). Actually, the said Urdu Fazil is not equivalent to Intermediate. Hence, the genuine Urdu medium candidates are not getting justice. Therefore, they have requested for justice in the matter. Accordingly, the matter is examined with reference to the letter M17/ERTW-IIII/2001, dated 16.10.2003 of the Secretary, Board of Intermediate Education, AP, Hyderabad, which is addressed to the Superintending Engineer, Roads & Buildings, Nizamabad, wherein it has been clarified that the Urdu Fazil Examination is not considered as equivalent to Intermediate course of Board of Intermediate Education, AP, Hyderabad. As such, it has been decided that the Urdu Fazil cannot be considered equivalent to Intermediate Course. In view of the above, all the District Education Officers in the State are requested not to accept the Urdu Fazil Certificates for the purpose of the appointment of Urdu Medium posts.” Though there appears to be some contradiction between Communication, dated 08.08.2000 of the Secretary of Board of Intermediate Education and proceedings, dated 11.02.2004 of the Commissioner and Director of School Education, a close analysis of the said two proceedings shows that while Urdu Fazil Course with English optional is treated as equivalent to Intermediate humanities group, a person holding the certificate in the said examination cannot be treated as holding an equivalent certificate for Urdu Medium post. In my view, this Court does not possess the expertise to examine the correctness or otherwise of the stand of the Commissioner and Director of School Education, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. Admittedly, the last date for applying for D.S.C. 2008 expired on 15.02.2009. The petitioner has approached this Court rather late and it is not possible for this Court to grant any relief to the petitioner at this stage. For the above-mentioned reasons, the writ petition is dismissed. As a sequel to dismissal of main petition, WPMP.No.10934 of 2009 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 22nd APRIL, 2009. kvni