IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.20797 of 2008 Between: P. Sudarshan Reddy, S/o. Late P. Ramakrishna Reddy, R/o. H.No. 2-2-1133/5/6, New Nallakunta, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Director, Animal Husbandry, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad. 2 The Joint Director of Animal Husbandry, Nalgonda, Nalgonda District. 3 The Deputy Director of Animal Husbandry, Nalgonda, Nalgonda 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 may be pleased to issue an appropriate Writ, Order or Direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the action of the respondents in not considering the representation submitted by the petitioner dt.27-9-2006 seeking to issue the service certiﬁcate so as to enable the petitioner to obtain the legal heir certiﬁcate for the purpose of service beneﬁts of the late brother of the petitioner, as illegal, arbitrary and consequently direct the respondents to consider the said representation and to pay the service beneﬁts to the petitioner herein pertaining to his brother Dr.P.Vijaya Sena Reddy, Veterinary Assistant Surgeon, and to grant such other relief or reliefs. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.G.SATISH REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR ANIMAL HUSBANDARY The Court made the following: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.20797 OF 2008 ORDER: Heard both sides. It is the case of the petitioner that his brother Dr. P. Vijaya Sena Reddy, who was working as Veterinary Assistant Surgeon in the Department of Animal Husbandry at Nalgonda District, died on 10.08.2006, due to ill health. Thereafter, since the said Vijaya Sena Reddy was unmarried, the petitioner made a representation, dated 27.09.2006, to the 1st respondent- Director, Animal Husbandry, Government of A.P., Hyderabad, seeking to issue service certiﬁcate of his late brother for the period he worked, for the purpose of claiming service beneﬁts accrued to the account of his late brother. The grievance of the petitioner is that the said representation is not yet considered and the respondents have not issued the service certificate of his late brother till date. In the facts and circumstances of the case, without expressing any opinion on merits, the respondents are directed to consider the representation, dated 27.09.2006, purported to have been submitted by the petitioner, seeking to issue service certiﬁcate of his brother late P. Vijaya Sena Reddy, and pass appropriate orders as per law, within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order, and communicate the same to the petitioner. With the above directions, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. _________________ JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU 24th September, 2008. IBL