THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.24710 OF 2007 DATED 26TH OCTOBER, 2010 BETWEEN B.Nagaratnamma … Petitioner And The Divisional Engineer, Operation, Nandyal, APCPDCL, Nandyal, Kurnool District and Others. … Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.24710 OF 2007 ORDER: The petitioner assails the action of the Central Power Distribution Company of Andhra Pradesh Limited (APCPDCL) in not considering her case for absorption as a Typist in accordance with B.P.(P&G Per) Ms.No.36 dated 18.05.1997. The record reflects that pursuant to the order passed by this Court on 22.10.1997 in Writ Petition No.27330 of 1997, the case of the petitioner was considered by the erstwhile Andhra Pradesh State Electricity Board and was rejected on the ground that she had not been engaged and supplied by a Contractor having a licence issued by the competent authority. According to the Board, the petitioner was not eligible for consideration as per B.P.Ms.No.36 dated 18.05.1997 owing to this lacuna. Sri S.D.Gowd, learned counsel for the petitioner, placed reliance on a Full Bench Judgment of this Court in A.P.POWER TRANSMISSION CORPORATION v. KHALEEL PASHA[1], wherein it was held that the failure on the part of the Contractors to get their names registered in terms of the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 would not deprive the labourers engaged by such Contractors of the benefit of B.P.Ms.No.36. The Full Bench observed that such labourers could not be found fault with because of the mischief done by the Contractors. In that view of the matter, the rejection of the petitioner’s case by the erstwhile Andhra Pradesh State Electricity Board on the ground that her contractor was unlicensed cannot be countenanced. The Writ Petition is accordingly disposed of directing respondents 1 to 3 to re-consider the case of the petitioner for absorption in accordance with B.P.Ms.No.36 dated 18.05.1997. It shall be open to the petitioner to produce such documents as she deems fit in support of her candidature and to establish her eligibility for absorption in accordance with the above B.P.Ms. The petitioner shall do the needful in this regard within two (2) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order and respondents 1 to 3 shall consider her case in accordance with B.P.Ms.No.36 dated 18.05.1997 within eight (8) weeks from the date of receipt of the petitioner’s application/documents. No costs. ____________________ SANJAY KUMAR, J. 26TH OCTOBER, 2010. VGSR/PGS [1] 2001 (6) ALT 708