IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD MONDAY, THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MRS JUSTICE T.MEENA KUMARI and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE S.ANANDA REDDY WRIT APPEAL NO : 2083 of 2004 (Writ Appeal under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent against the Order dated 16/09/2004 in WPMP. NO :17638 OF 2004 IN WP.NO. 13740 OF 2004 on the file of the High Court.) Between: 1 K.Suryanarayana S/o.Sri Yerraiah C/o.H.No.32-92-195-1, Girija Nagar Burma Camp, Visakhapatnam. 2 A.V.Ramana Rao S/o.Sri A.Surya Shakaram C/o.H.No.32-92-195-1, Girija Nagar Burma Camp, Visakhapatnam. 3 S.V.Appa Rao S/o.S.Sanyasi Rao C/o.H.No.32-92-195-1, Girija Nagar Burma Camp, Visakhapatnam. 4 K.Raju S/o.late Sri Appa Rao C/o.H.No.32-92-195-1, Girija Nagar Burma Camp, Visakhapatnam. 5 Md.Nasiruddin S/o.Sri M.K. Nijamuddin C/o.H.No.32-92-195-1, Girija Nagar Burma Camp, Visakhapatnam. ..... APPELLANTS AND 1Visakhapatnam Port Trust, Visakhapatnam, Rep by its Chairman. 2The Chief Mechanical Engineer, Mechanical Engineering Department Visakhapatnam Port Trust, Visakhapatnam. 3The Selection Committee for the post of B.G. Loco Drivers, Visakhapatnam Port Trust, Visakhapatnam Rep. by its Chief Mechanical Engineer. 4 B.Joga Rao, S/o.not known to the Petitioner B.G.Locodriver, C/o.Office of the Chief Mechanical Engineer, Mechanical Engineering Department Visakhapatnam Port Trust, Visakhapatnam. 5P.V.Ramana Rao S/o.not known to the Petitioner, Motor Mechanic Grade-I C/o.Office of the Chief Mechanical Engineer, Mechanical Engineering Department Visakhapatnam Port Trust, Visakhapatnam. 6A.Krishna Rao S/o.not known to the Petitioner B.G.Locodriver, C/o.Office of the Chief Mechanical Engineer, Mechanical Engineering Department Visakhapatnam Port Trust, Visakhapatnam. 7K.Shankar S/o.not known to the Petitioner B.G.Locodriver, C/o.Office of the Chief Mechanical Engineer, Mechanical Engineering Department Visakhapatnam Port Trust, Visakhapatnam. 8G.Satya Kishore S/o.not known to the Petitioner B.G.Locodriver, C/o.Office of the Chief Mechanical Engineer, Mechanical Engineering Department Visakhapatnam Port Trust, Visakhapatnam. 9V.Jagdishwar Rao S/o.not known to the Petitioner B.G.Locodriver, C/o.Office of the Chief Mechanical Engineer, Mechanical Engineering Department Visakhapatnam Port Trust, Visakhapatnam. .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Appellants : MR.G.VIDYASAGAR Counsel for Respondent Nos.1 to 3: MR.P.SRI RAGHU RAM Counsel for Respondent Nos. 4 to 9 : The Court at the stage of admission, made the following ORDER: (per TMK,J) As the writ appeal is filed against the interim order in W.P.M.P.No.17638 of 2004 in W.P.No.13740 of 2004 dated 16.9.2004, the writ appeal itself is disposed of with a direction to the Registry to post the writ petition for final hearing on 14.3.2005. But, however, we make it clear that respondent Nos. 1 to 3 shall not make any further promotions and the promotions, which were already made in respect of respondent Nos. 4 to 9 are subject to the result of the writ petition. The writ appeal is accordingly disposed of. No costs. (T.MEENA KUMARI, J) (S.ANANDA REDDY, J) DT: 14.02.2005 bsv/lvl To 1 The Chairman,Visakhapatnam Port Trust, Visakhapatnam. 2The Chief Mechanical Engineer, Mechanical Engineering Department Visakhapatnam Port Trust, Visakhapatnam. 3The Chief Mechanical Engineer,Selection Committee for the post of B.G. Loco Drivers,Visakhapatnam Port Trust, Visakhapatnam. 4 Two CD copies