HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU W.P. No. 14460 of 1999 DATED: 03.02.2010 Between: K.Venkateshwarlu .. Petitioner And The A.P. State Transmission Corpn. Ltd. rep By its Divisional Engineer and four others .. Respondents O R D E R:- This writ is filed seeking a mandamus to declare the Memo dated 08.07.1999 issued by the Divisional Engineer, Khammam insofar as the petitioner is concerned, reverting him from the post of Tester Grade-I to the post of Tester Grade-II, as arbitrary and illegal. It appears that under the impugned Memo dated 08.07.1999, the petitioner was sought to be reverted as Tester Grade-II on the ground that he is the most junior Tester Grade-I and found surplus. This Court, on 14.07.1999, while admitting the writ petition, granted interim direction in W.P.M.P. No. 17734 of 1999. In pursuance of the interim order passed by this Court, the petitioner was continued in the post of Tester Grade-I throughout his service, and ultimately, on attaining the age of superannuation, he retired from service. Under those circumstances, this Court, without going into the merits of the case, is inclined to dispose of the writ petition with the following observation: “The petitioner must be deemed to have retired in the cadre of Tester Grade-I and he is entitled to all the consequential benefits.” With the above observation, the writ petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________ C.V. RAMULU, J 3rd February, 2010 bcj