HON'BLE SHRI G.S.SINGHVI, THE CHIEF JUSTICE W.P. NO.25465 OF 1998 Between: B.Papa Rao and five others. .....Petitioners AND The A.P.State Electricity Board rep by its Member Secretary, Vidyut Soudha, Hyderabad and two others. .....Respondents ::ORDER:: Counsel for the Petitioner : Sri G.Vidyasagar Counsel for Respondents : Ms.Saraswathi for Sri Samineni Kishore. Standing counsel for respondent Board. Dated 5/9/2006 In this petition, the petitioners have made the following substantive prayer. “It is therefore prayed that this Hon’ble Court may be pleased to issue an order, direction or writ more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not considering the cases of the petitioners for absorption in the 50% existing vacancies in the initial recruitment of L.D.Clerk cadres in accordance with B.P.Ms.No.176 dated 18.7.1990, B.P (P&G Per) Ms.No.36 B.P. (P&G per) Ms.No.37 both dated 18.5.1997 and B.P.Ms.No.271 dated 31.12.1997 solely on the ground that the petitioners were not fulfilling the educational qualifications as illegal, arbitrary and consequently direct the respondents to consider the cases of the petitioners for absorption without insisting on the educational qualifications on part with others and as such further or other orders as this Hon’ble Court deems fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Learned counsel for the petitioners says that the writ petition has become infructuous and the same may be disposed of as such. Ordered accordingly. As a sequel to the disposal of the writ petition as infructuous, W.P.M.P.No.3276 of 1999 is also disposed of as infructuous. G.S.SINGHVI, CJ msv.