IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE DR JUSTICE G.YETHIRAJULU WRIT PETITION NO : 12573 of 2004 Between: 1 K.Satyanarayana S/o K.Samba Murthy, aged 44 years 2 Sk. Silari S/o Sk. Ahmed, aged 30 years 3 B.Ram Babu S/o B.Rama Rao, aged 35 years, 4 K.Veeraswamy s/o K.Chandraiah, aged 40 years 5 K.Kanna Rao S/o K.Appanna, aged 42 years 6 K.Gopalam S/o K.Appanna, aged 42 years 7 E.Simhachalam S/o E.Appanna, aged 40 years 8 K.Demudu S/o K.Appanna, aged 39 years 9 P.Kondaiah s/o P.Appanna, aged 40 years 10 Pangi Genva S/o Ramu ( All are R/o C/o K.Satyanarayana, Carpenter, Upper Sileru Kannabaiah Camp. Visakhapatnam District ) ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The APGENCO rep .by its Chairman and Managing Director Vidyut Soudha. Hyderabad 2 The General Manager (HR) APGENCO, vidyut soudha, hyderabad 3 The Superintending Engineer, O&M upper Sileru Hydro Electric Scheme APGENCO, Upper Sileru, Visakhapatnam 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 a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the impugned action of the respondents in not considering the petitioners for absorption as per Memo dt. 26/08/1985 and B.P.Ms.No.36, dt. 18/05/97 while absorbing several other casual about in spite of the directions contained in Memo.No.GM (HR)/DS/ (PER)/AS(L)/PO.K/1029/2000-4, dt. 7/02/2002 and Memo. No SE/C( O&M)/Adm/C1/339/2002, dt. 8/02/2002 as highly illegal, arbitrary and violatiave of Art. 14 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the Respondents to absorb the petitioners with all attendant benefits. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.G.V.SHIVAJI Counsel for the Respondents: SMT.K.SESHARAJYAM (SC FOR AP GENCO) The Court made the following: ORDER: The petitioners contend that they worked as casual labour in the respondents’ corporation for a considerable period. They further contend that the Corporation has framed a scheme for absorption of Ex-casual labour, who worked for a considerable period, by putting required number of man-days vide memo No.OSD (P)/DM.I/A3/1138/85-1, dated 26.08.1985. 2. The petitioners contend that in pursuance of the said scheme, they submitted representations to the respondents, requesting them to consider their cases also for absorption as regular workmen. 3. The grievance of the petitioners is that the respondent Corporation did not pass any orders on the representations made by them. Therefore, they approached this Court, seeking a direction to the respondents to consider their cases for absorption as regular workmen. 4. In the light of the circumstances explained by the petitioners, the respondents are directed to consider the representations of the petitioners in pursuance of the Circular memo dated 26.08.1985, and pass appropriate orders according to the existing rules. If the representations, made by the petitioners, were already disposed of, no further orders need be passed. 5. The Writ Petition is, accordingly, disposed of. dsr/svs ASSISTANT REGISTRAR To: 1. The Chairman & Managing Director, AP GENCO, Vidyut Soudha, Hyderabad 2. The General Manager (HR), AP GENCO, Vidyut Soudha, Hyderabad 3. The Superintending Engineer, O & M, Upprt Dilrtu Hydro Electric Scheme AP GENCO, Upper Sileru, Visakhapatnam 4. Two CD copies.