HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION NO. 5207 OF 2010 Monday, the Fifteenth day of March, Two Thousand and Ten Between S.Kishore Kumar Petitioner AND The Chairman & Managing Director, APCPDCL, Hyderabad and others Respondents ORAL ORDER: Hared learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Standing Counsel for the respondent Corporation. In this writ petition, the petitioner who worked as a contract labour seeks direction by way of mandamus to declare the inaction of the respondents in considering his representation dated 2.2.2010 as illegal, arbitrary and to consequently issue a direction to the respondents to appoint him as Junior Lineman in terms of BP Ms. No.36 dated 18.5.1997. Based on the representation of the Union working in the Respondent Corporation, the respondents have issued BP Ms. No. 36 dated 18.05.1997 to consider the claims of the ex-casual labourers, contract labourers, etc. while filling up the regular vacancies of Junior Linemen and other similar posts. Even according to the petitioner, though there was a notification issued by the respondents to fill up the vacancies of Junior Linemen in the year 2000, the petitioner was not qualified and as such he did not apply. Even according to the petitioner, there is no notification issued by the respondents inviting applications to fill up the vacancies. In the absence of any notification merely because there was a representation submitted by the petitioner, no direction can be issued, as prayed for. However, it has to be observed that whenever vacancies are notified, I am sure, the respondents will consider the claim of the petitioner keeping in view the past services rendered by him as a contract labour. With this observation, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. __________________ R.Subhash Reddy, J. March 15, 2010 MAS