HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.5983 of 2010 Date: 25.03.2010 Between: Bellamkonda Sreenivasulu. … Petitioner And The Senior Regional Manager, Food Corporation of India, Region Office at Public Gardens, Hyderabad & others. … Respondents HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.5983 of 2010 ORDER: In this writ petition, the petitioner seeks declaration by way of Mandamus, declaring the action of respondents in not considering the case of the petitioner to engage his services as Hamali, as illegal and arbitrary, and to issue consequential directions to the respondents to engage him as Hamali. 2. The 2nd respondent-Food Corporation of India has earlier entered into a contract agreement with a Co- operative Society by name ‘Murali Krishna Vaddera Labour Contract Co-operative Society Limited’, for doing loading and unloading works. The petitioner is the member of the said Society. It is not in dispute that the contract period is already expired, but due to the disputes that arose between the Society and the Corporation, the Society has already filed Civil Suits, which are stated to be pending. 3. In this writ petition, it is the grievance of the petitioner that certain individuals, who are members of the Society, are being engaged as Hamalies by the respondents, but however, the petitioner, though was a member of the Society, was not being engaged as a Hamali by the 2nd respondent-Corporation. Hence, he pleads discrimination and seeks for the relief as prayed for in the writ petition. 4. It is very difficult to accept the request of the writ petitioner for grant of directions as prayed for. Merely because the petitioner is a member of the Society, which was earlier entrusted with the contract work for loading and unloading works, he cannot, as a matter of right, seek for directions to the respondents to engage his services as Hamali, on the ground that some members of the said Society were engaged as such. With regard to engaging the manpower, it is for the 2nd respondent-Corporation and its authorities, to choose the number and persons, having regard to the requirement. Merely because the petitioner’s services are not taken, it cannot be said that there is discrimination, which offends the Constitutional right of the petitioner guaranteed under Article 14 of the Constitution of India. 5. For the aforesaid reasons, I do not find any merit in this writ petition, for grant of directions as prayed for. Writ petition is accordingly dismissed. No costs. ______________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J 25th March 2010 ajr