IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE K.C. BHANU WRIT PETITION NO : 8979 of 2005 Between: C. Chinna Koteswara Rao S/o naraiah Paloncha, Khammam (District) ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Managing Director A.P. Power Generation Corporation Ltd., Vidyut Soudha, Somajiguda, Hyderabad 2 The Chief Engineer (O&M) KTPS-V Stage, Paloncha, Khammam (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 will be pleased to issue any appropriate Writ order or direction particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not considering and disposing of the petitioner's representation dated 13-12-2004 for appointing the petitioner as Sub-Engineer as arbtirary, illegal and violative of Article 14 16 &21 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents to appoint the petitioner as Sub-Engineer by considering his representation dated 13-12-2004 in the existing vacancies or against the future vacancies on preferential basis. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.ANDERAVI KUMAR Counsel for the Respondents: MR.KISHORE SAMINENI (SC FOR AP TRANSCO) The Court made the following : ORAL ORDER: This writ petition is filed seeking a Mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in not considering and disposing of the petitioner’s representation dated 13.12.2004 for appointing the petitioner as Sub- Engineer as illegal, arbitrary and in violation of Articles 14, 16 and 21 of the Constitution of India. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned standing counsel for the respondents and perused the material on record. Appropriate decision has to be taken by the respondents on the petitioner’s representation in accordance with the rules and regulations of the respondent-Corporation. Therefore, without entering into the merits of the case, I consider it appropriate to direct the respondents to take appropriate decision on the petitioner’s representation, dated 13.12.2004 in accordance with the rules and regulations, within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of. In the circumstances of the case, there shall be no order as to costs. _______________ (K.C. BHANU, J.) 21st April, 2005 bcj To 1 The Managing Director A.P. Power Generation Corporation Ltd., Vidyut Soudha, Somajiguda, Hyderabad 2 The Chief Engineer (O&M) KTPS-V Stage, Paloncha, Khammam (District 3 Two C.D. copies Note: Furnish copy in three days b/o bcj