IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY SIXTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE J.CHELAMESWAR WRIT PETITION NO : 21601 of 1994 Between: A.P. Cooperative Central Banks Employees Association B.1100, Hyderabad, Rep by its General Secretary Sri Ch. Madhava Rao. ..... PETITIONER AND The Commissioner And Registrar of Cooperative Societies, A.P., Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENT 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 to issue a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to abstain from implementing the direction contained in paragraph 7 of Ex.A.2 ie Rc.no.57474/94/K6 dated 19.11.94 regarding the maintenance of existing seniority of direct recruits and promotees in the categories of the posts of Managers and secretaries in the erstwhile primary Agricultural Development Banks which are grouped together and equated to the posts of Managers in District Cooperative Central Banks under Rule 73 of A.P. Cooperative Societies Rules after declaring the same as illegal, arbitrary and violative of Articles 14 & 16 of the constitution of india and without jurisdiction. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.K.NARASIMHAM Counsel for the Respondent No.: . The Court made the following : ORAL ORDER: Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that the writ petition has become infructuous. Recording the said submission of the learned counsel, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. --------------- 26.8.2004 knk To 1. The Commissioner & Registrar of Cooperative Societies, A.P., Hyderabad. 2. Two CCs to the G.P. for Co-operation, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad (OUT). 3. Two CD Copies.