IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 14879 of 2008 Between: Varikooti Mary Yesupadam D/o.Daveedu Dr.B.R.A.C.S.W.R.J.C(Girls) Khammam R/o.Khammam District ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Government Of A.P Rep.by its Prncipal Secretary A.P Social Welfare Education Institution Society Secretariat Hyderabad 2 The Secretary A.P Social Welfare Education Institutions Society Hyderabad .....RESPONDENTS 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 issue an appropriate writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not selecting the petitioner to the post of principal through she secured more than the other candidates and issuing the final inter se list of select principals as illegal arbitrary irrelevant and consequently direct the respondents to issue fresh list of the select principals in accordance with the marks secured and the eligibility criteria and to grant such other relief or reliefs. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.B.D.RAJU Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR SOCIAL WELFARE The Court made the following ORDER: The petitioner is working as a Junior Lecturer in A.P. Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society. Recently, the society initiated steps for selection and appointment of Principals for the institutions. The petitioner was also issued a call letter and she appeared before the selection committee. She secured 63 marks. The grievance of the petitioner is that she was not selected, though candidates, who secured less number of marks, were selected and appointed. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Standing Counsel for the respondents. The respondents displayed merit list of 121 candidates and the petitioner figured at Serial No.62. The number of posts to be filled was 59. Though at one point of time, the petitioner was mentioned as a candidate selected under S.C. vacancy, in the final list, she was not shown. The record discloses that the last candidate, who was selected and appointed, was the one, who secured 64 marks, and she is a scheduled caste candidate. Therefore, the petitioner cannot be said to have been subjected to any discrimination or injustice. It is also represented by the respondents that the petitioner is the next waiting candidate and as and when the vacancy arises, she would be given orders of posting. Hence, the writ petition is disposed of, directing that the case of the petitioner shall be considered for the next available vacancy. There shall be no order as to costs. _____________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY,J Dt:18.07.2008 kdl ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{BMR}