IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO : 25244 of 1998 Between: Venkatesham S/o. Rajanna Adilabad. ..... PETITIONER AND The Memeber Secretary A.P.S.E.B., Vidyut Soudha, Khairatabad, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENT 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 to call for the entire records from the Respondents and issue an appropriate writ, order or direciton more particularly one in the nature of wirt of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondent in placing the petitioner at Sl.No. 311 in the seniority list dt.14-11-97 of DE as without giving notional promotion tot he petitioner with effect from 5/92 when the petitioner's immediate junior in the ADE cadre was promoted as DE as violative of Regulation 3(B) (II) of Service Regulation Part III and Articles 14 & 16 of Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents to revise the seniority of the petitioner fixed in the category of DEs by giving notional promotion to the petitioner from the date on which his immediate junior in the ADE category was promoted and pass such other or further orders as deemed fit and proper. Counsel for the Petitioner:M/S INDUS LAW FIRM Counsel for the Respondent No.: P.R.BALARAMI REDDY(SC FOR AP TRANSCO) The Court made the following : ORDER: None appears for the petitioner, in spite of posting the matter under the caption “For Dismissal”. Hence, the Writ Petition is dismissed for non- prosecution. No order as to costs. _________________________ NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO, J. 10th March, 2008 skmr