IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO : 15543 of 2008 Between: Smt. Rabia Begum D/o. Syed Nawab Ali Urdu High School, Shakkernagar, Bodhan Mandal, Nizamabad District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by Principal Secretary, Edcuation (P.S.) Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 2 The Commissioner & Director of School Education Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. 3 The District Educational Officer,Nizamabad District, Nizamabad. 4 The Correspondent, Urdu High School, Shakkernagar, Bodhan Mandal, Nizamabad 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 appropriate writ order or direction particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 3rd Respondent in not considering the case of the Petitioner for absorption into the vacant post of Urdu Pandit in the 4th Respondent School and release Grant-in-aid as per the orders of the 1st Respondent vide G.O.Ms.No. 143, Education (PS-2) Departmetn, dt. 16-12-2003 is arbitrary, unreasonable and consequently direct the 3rd Respondent to consider the case of the petitioner for absorption into the vacant post of Urdu Pandit (Aided Post) in the 4th Respondent school and release Grant-in-aid as per the orders of the 1st Respondent vide G.O.ms.No. 143, Education (PS-2) Department dt. 16-12-2003. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.K.MURALIDHAR REDDY Counsel for the Respondents : GP FOR SCHOOL EDUCATION. The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU W.P. No. 15543 of 2008 O R D E R: This writ petition is ﬁled seeking a Mandamus declaring the action of the 3rd respondent in not considering the case of the petitioner for absorption into the vacant post of Urdu Pandit (aided), in the 4th respondent-school, and not releasing grant- in-aid as per the orders passed by 1st respondent vide G.O.Ms.No.143, Education (PS-2) Department dated 16.12.2003, as arbitrary and illegal. It is the case of the petitioner that she is working as Urdu Pandit against an aided vacancy in the 4th respondent school; the person, who was working earlier in the aided vacancy, left the school; under those circumstances, the Management of 4th respondent school had recommended the case of the petitioner to 3rd respondent for her permanent absorption against aided vacancy. According to the learned counsel for the petitioner, the recommendation made by the 4th respondent on 12.2.2008 is still pending with the 3rd respondent and the 3rd respondent has not acted upon the same, till date. Under those circumstances, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the 3rd respondent is directed to consider the recommendations made by the 4th respondent and pass appropriate orders, as per law, within a period of eight weeks 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. No order as to costs. C.V. RAMULU, J. Date: 22-10-2008. MVB.