THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM AND THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE R.KANTHA RAO W.P.NOs. 17565, 22157, 23399 , 23406, 23410, 23444, 23623, 25494, 25497 and 25724 of 2007 27-07-2010 BETWEEN; W.P.No.17565 of 2007 The District Collector-cum-Chairman Selection Committee, Chittoor District and others ...Petitioners vs. K.Kishore Kumar son of Alfred ...Respondents THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM AND THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE R.KANTHA RAO W.P.NOs. 17565, 22157, 23399 , 23406, 23410, 23444, 23623, 25494, 25497 and 25724 of 2007 ORAL COMMON ORDER: (Per GR,J) The official respondents in the respective O.As are before this Cou assailing the common order dated 10-05-2006 in O.A.No.7578 of 2005 and batch pronounced by the learned A.P. Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad (th Tribunal). The official respondents in O.A.No.7578 of 2005 earlier filed W.P.No.1526 of 2006 assailing the common order of the Tribunal dated 10-05-2006. By th judgment of this court dated 25-06-2007 this writ petition was allowed and th order dated 10-05-2006 of the Tribunal in O.A.No.7578 of 2005 was set aside This court reversed the finding of the Tribunal that holding of a Physica Endurance Test (PET) by virtue of executive orders issued in G.O.Ms.No.32 dated 26-07-2005 is in violation of the statutory rules governing appointment t the post of Deputy Surveyor in the Department of Survey, Settlements and Lan Records. This Court held that Government had the power and the PET is method of selection relevant to the functional requirements of the post of Deput Surveyor. For the reasons alike as recorded by the learned Division Bench of thi Court in the judgment dated 25-06-2007 in W.P.No.15265 of 2006, these wr petitions are required to be allowed and are accordingly allowed. The commo order of the Tribunal dated 10-05-2006 in O.A.Nos.8270, 8475, 7779, 8371, 8356 8265, 8217, 8312, 8594 and 8522 of 2005 is accordingly set aside. The writ petitions are allowed but in the circumstances without costs. ______________ GODA RAGHURAM,J ______________ R.KANTHA RAO,J 27th JULY 2010. TSNR