IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 11951 of 2008 Between: Dr.R.Prasanna Kumar S/o.B.R.Savaranna College of Veterniary Science Rajendranagar ,Hyderabad ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Sri Venkateswara Veterniary University, rep.by its Registrar, Tirupathi, Chittoor District 2 The Govt of AP., rep.by its Principal Secretary, Animal Husbandry (AH.II) Dept., Secretariat, Hyderabad 3 Associate Dean, College of Veterniary Science Rajendranagar, Hyderabad .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 order or direction more particularlyone in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not appointing the petitioner as officiating Head of Dept in the College as per the SVV University Statutes isued vide Proc.No.2169/Sc/2006 dated 12.9.2007 as highly illegal, arbitrary, and unconstitutional and consequentially this Hon`ble Court may be pleased to direct the respondent to appoint the petitioner as officiating Head of the Dept as per the Proc.No.2169/SC/2006 dated 12.9.2007 andmay pass orders as this Hon`ble court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.M.R.TAGORE Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR ANIMAL HUSBANDARY The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 11951 of 2008 ORDER: The petitioner was appointed as an Associate Professor in Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University, 1st respondent herein, on 23.08.2007. He filed this writ petition, complaining that the respondents are not following the procedure prescribed, in the matter of appointment of Heads of Departments. He makes a claim to be appointed as Head of Livestock Production & Management Department in the University. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner, the learned Standing Counsel for the respondents and Sri Y.Rama Rao, learned counsel for the impleaded respondents. There is some uncertainty as to the procedure to be followed in the matter of appointment of Heads of Departments. Statutes were made by the University on 12.09.2007, conferring priority on directly recruited candidates vis-à-vis those appointed or promoted under career advancement scheme. Even by the time the statutes were made, one Dr. K. Sudhakar was appointed as Head of the Livestock Production & Management Department Department, on in-charge basis, in the place of the regular incumbent. He is said to be continuing. It is also stated that the University has since amended the statutes and the same are pending before the Government for approval. Further, the probation of the petitioner is yet to be declared and even the period of probation did not elapse. It is represented that within this short span, the petitioner did not attend to duties for about 100 days. Therefore, the writ petition is dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. _________ 01.07.2008 JSU ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{TRK} THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 11951 of 2008 Date: 01.07.2008 JSU