IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE DR JUSTICE G.YETHIRAJULU WRIT PETITION NO : 13818 of 2004 Between: Sri C. Venkataramanaiah, S/o. C. Sadasivaiah, Chandragiri, BSNL, Tirupati SSA, Chittor District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Chief General Manager, BSNL, A.P. Circle, Hyderabad. 2 The General Manager, SSA Unit BSNL, Tirupati, Chittoor District. 3 The Dy. General Manager, BSNL, Kapilathirtham Road, Tirupati, Chittoor District. 4 The Divisional Engineer(Rural), BSNL, Kapilathirtham Road, Tirupati, Chittoor District. 5 The Sub-Divisional Engineer (Groups), BSNL, Kapilathirtham Road, Tirupati, Chittoor District. .....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 order, direction or a Writ more particularly in the nature of Writ of Mandamus by declaring the inaction of the respondents in granting the benefit to temporary status of a Group D in the respondent Department as the petitioner is found to have fulfilled the eligible conditions for regularisation, as arbitrary, discriminatory, illegal and violative of Article 14, 16 & 21 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents to grant the temporary status of a Group D benefit by passing appropriate orders on the claim pending with them. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.KRISHNA DEVAN Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.KANTHI.NARAHARI The Court at the stage of admission made the following O R D E R: The petitioner is a casual labour working in the respondents’ organization at Chandragiri. He claims that he has been working in that capacity since March, 1987 and he became eligible to get temporary status in the year 1991. He made a representation on 01-12-2003 requesting the first respondent herein to give him the temporary status. The grievance of the petitioner is that so far the first respondent did not pass any orders on his representation. Therefore, he approached this Court seeking a direction to the first respondent to consider his representation and pass appropriate orders. Heard both sides. In the light of the circumstances explained by the petitioner, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the first respondent to consider the representation made by the petitioner dated 01-12-2003 and pass appropriate orders, as per Rules, within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order and communicate the same to the petitioner. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of with the above directions. No order as to costs. _______________ 05-08-2004 vrn To 1 The Chief General Manager, BSNL, A.P. Circle, Hyderabad. 2 The General Manager, SSA Unit BSNL, Tirupati, Chittoor District. 3 The Dy. General Manager, BSNL, Kapilathirtham Road, Tirupati, Chittoor District. 4 The Divisional Engineer(Rural), BSNL, Kapilathirtham Road, Tirupati, Chittoor District. 5 The Sub-Divisional Engineer (Groups), BSNL, Kapilathirtham Road, Tirupati, Chittoor District. 6 Two C.D. copies