IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION NO : 6209 of 1999 Between: 1 K.Raja Sreenivas S/o Nageswara Rao, Scale-I Officers in Kanaka Durga Grameena Bank Head Office, Gudivada 2 J.Sita Maohari, W/o Venkateswara Rao, Scale-I Officers in Kanaka Durga Grameena Bank Head Office, Gudivada 3 Sh.Rathaiah S/o Sreeramulu, Scale-I Officers in Kanaka Durga Grameena Bank Head Office, Gudivada 4 M.Sai Ram S/o M.Sreeramulu Scale-I Officers in Kanaka Durga Grameena Bank Head Office, Gudivada 5 N.V.N.Murthy S/o Venkata Lava Kumar, Scale-I Officers in Kanaka Durga Grameena Bank Head Office, Gudivada ... PETITIONER(S) AND The Chairman, Kanaka Durga Grameen Bank, Head Office at Gudivada- 521 301, Krishna District. .....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, Order or direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Certiorari, calling for the records relating to the issuance of the Circular PRNL.NO.5/99 dt:17-3-1999 from the file of the Respondent and after perusing the same, quash the Promotion Policy for Officers from Scale I to II issued Vide Circular dt:17-3-1999, by declaring it as arbitrary, without jurisdiction and contrary to the statutory Rules issued by the Govt. of India, i.e., Regional Rural Banks (Appointment & Promotion of Officers and other Employees) Rules, 1998 and consequently direct the Respondent to fill up the existing vacancies in Scale II Officers cadre in the Respondent-Bank as per the Promotion Policy, commuicated Vide Circlar PRNL.NO.33/99 dt:28-11- 1998 issued in pursuance to the Regional Rural Banks (Appointment and Promotion of Officers and other Employees) Rules,1998 and Consider the petitioners along with other similarly situated Sclae-I Officers for promotion to Scale-II Officer in the existing vacancies in the Respondent-Bank with all consequential benefits and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.V.JAGAPATHI Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.M.V.S.SURESH KUMAR The Court made the following Order : Sri V.Jagapathi, learned counsel for the petitioners, would submit that the writ petition has become infructuous. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed as infructuous. There shall be no order as to costs. _____________ 19-02-2008 usd To 1. The Chairman, Kanaka Durga Grameen Bank, Head Office at Gudivada- 521 301, Krishna District. 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{MSKM}