IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 21190 of 2004 Between: 1 D.Thomas Petar, S/o Surya Narayana, R/o Vokatippa Village, U.Kottapally Mandal, East Godavari District 2 K.Estherurani, D/o Tata Rao, R/o Vokatippa Village, U.Kottapally mandal, East Godavari District 3 D.A.Jyothi, D/o Suryanarayana, R/o Vokatippa Village, U.Kottapally Mandal, East Godavari District ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The District Educational Officer, Kakinada, East Godavari District 2 The Mandal Educational Officer, U.Kottapally Mandal, East Godavari District 3 Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Parishad, Kakinada, East Godavari 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 a Writ, Order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not appointing the petitioners as Vidhya Volunteers (S.G.Assistant) at 2nd respondent Z.P.High Schools for the academic year 2004-2005 as illegal, arbitrary and unjust and consequently direct the respondents to appoint the petitioners as Vidhya Volunteers by considering the petitioners experience and qualification in the existing vacancies. Counsel for the Petitioners:MR.M.R.TAGORE Counsel for the Respondents 1&2: GP FOR EDUCATION Counsel for the Respondent No.3:MR. D.SRINIVAS The Court, at the stage of admission, made the following : ORDER Complaining illegalities in the selections of Vidhya Volunteers for the year 2004-05 by the Mandal Education Officer of U.Kothapally of East Godavari District-second respondent herein by ignoring the claim of the qualified candidates, a representation is already submitted to the District Collector, East Godavari on 5.10.2004. In view of the above, the District Collector, East Godavari District shall enquire into the allegations made in the representation dated 5.10.2004 after due notice to all the concerned parties and communicate the decision taken thereon to the petitioners, within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. __________________ A. GOPAL REDDY. J. 19th November, 2004 tsr. To 1 The District Educational Officer, Kakinada, East Godavari District 2 The Mandal Educational Officer, U.Kottapally Mandal, East Godavari District 3 Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Parishad, Kakinada, East Godavari District 4. The District Collector, East Godavari District. 5. Two C.C.s to Government Pleader for Education, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad.(OUT) 6. Two C.D. copies.