THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU W.P.No.14047 of 1996 ORAL ORDER: This writ petition is ﬁled seeking a Mandamus directing the respondents to act according to the policy of the Respondent Board in employing the dependents of the employee who died in harness giving due beneﬁts to the adopted son also on par with natural son and consider the case and appoint the petitioner in any suitable post in the first respondent Board. It appears, petitioner is the adopted son of deceased employee G.Kanakaiah, who worked as helper in Operation Division, APSEB, Anakapalli for more than 25 years. The said Kanakaiah died in harness on 1.8.1993. The adoption of the petitioner was under registered document dated 24.10.1991. After the death of the adopted father, the adopted mother submitted an application together with the certiﬁcate issued by the Mandal Revenue Oﬃcer, Narsipatnam requesting the authorities to appoint the petitioner in any suitable post in accordance with the policy of the Respondent-APSEB for providing employment to the dependants of the employees of the organization. However, the said application was rejected by the Board vide Memo dated 31.8.1994, which was communicated to the petitioner through endorsement dated 5.10.1994 stating that since the petitioner is the adopted son of the deceased employee, he is not entitled for any consideration for appointment on compassionate grounds. According to the petitioner, whether a natural son or the adopted son, once the adoption is valid, the adopted son also must be treated on par with natural son, therefore, the action of the respondents in rejecting his claim for appointment on compassionate grounds is arbitrary and illegal. There is no necessity of going into all the details. No counter is ﬁled. This Court, while admitting the writ petition on 17.7.1996, directed the respondents to consider and appoint the petitioner in any suitable post in the A.P. State Electricity Board pending the writ petition. In view of the above, no further orders are necessary in this writ petition. The writ petition is accordingly closed. No order as to costs. _____________ C.V.RAMULU, J Date: 2.2.2007 DA THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU W.P.No.14047 of 1996 2.2.2007 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU W.P.No.14047 of 1996 Date: 2nd February, 2006 Between: Bonthu Manikyala Rao .. Petitioner And The Andhra Pradesh State Electricity Board, rep. by its Secretary, Vidyut Soudha, Hyderabad & 2 others. .. Respondents