IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE K.C. BHANU WRIT PETITION No. 4533 of 2005 Between: V. Sreenivasulu S/o late Vadde Sunkanna H. No. 4-61, B.C. Colony, Santhajutur Village and Kurnool District ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The A.P. Tourism Development Corporation rep by Chairman and Managing Director, Hyderabad 2 The Director, Department of Tourism, Government of A.P., Hyderabad 3 The Assistant Director, Department of Toursim Government of A.P., Hyderabad .....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 a Writ of mandamus or any other appropriate Writ, Order or Direction directing respondents to appoint the Petitioner to the post to which he is eligible and qualified on compassionate appointment in the place of his father who retired on medical invalidation on 01-06-2001 by declaring the inaction of the respondents in not appointing the petitioner in terms of G.O.Ms. No.44, dated 17-2-2003 as arbitrary, illegal and unconstitutional and pass such other order or orders as this Honourable Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.T.NAGARJUNA REDDY Counsel for the Respondent Nos.1 to 3: MR N.KRISHNARAO GP FOR TOURISM The Court at the admission stage made the following: ORDER: For not giving any appointment to the petitioner on compassionate grounds, the present writ petition is filed. The father of the petitioner by name late Vadde Sunkanna, while working as Assistant Butler-cum-Cook in Saila Vihar Rest House, Srisailam, died. Thereafter, the petitioner made a representation on 26.08.2004 to the respondents, requesting them to consider his case for appointment on compassionate grounds. The respondents did not pass any orders on his representation. Hence the writ petition. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Tourism. Admittedly, the representation of the petitioner is pending before the respondents for consideration. Therefore, without entering into the merits of the case, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition, with a direction to the respondents to consider the representation of the petitioner dated 26.08.2004 and pass necessary orders in accordance with law and rules, applicable for appointment of a person on compassionate grounds, within a period of 2 (two) months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. With the above directions, the Writ Petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. Dated: 10.03.2005 Dsr ASSISTANT REGISTRAR To: 1. The Chairman and Managing Director, A.P.Tourism Development Corporation, Hyderabad 2. The Director, Department of Tourism, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad 3. The Assistant Director, Department of Tourism, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad 4. Two CD copies 5. 1 CC to MR.NAGARJUNA REDDY 6. 2 CC to MR.NANDIGAM KRISHANA RAO Form-NIC-OGS/WP{TRT}