IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY NINTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION No.23649 of 2008 Between: Bokka Sree Rama Krishna, S/o. Sri B R V Satyanarayana, R/o. H.No. 2-2-185/55/4/1, Somasundar Nagar, Bagh Amberpet, HYDERABAD (AP) -500 01. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Chief Secretary, General Administration Department, Secretariat Complex, Khairtabad, HYDERABAD (AP). 2 The High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Registrar General, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, HYDERABAD (AP) .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 records from the respondents herein pertaining to the issues raised in this Writ Petition, peruse the same and issue a direction, order or writ more appropriately one in the nature of a Writ of Mandamus and; "Declare the action of 2nd Respondent herein of first reducing vacancies from 23 to 13 and (without any notification in this regard and instead of calling all candidates qualified in written examination) then calling 40 candidates, for VIVA VOCE/Oral Interview vide 2nd Respondent’s notification dated 29-09-2008 [without first making public the Results of Written Examination dated 22-06-2008 held for Selection to the post of District & Sessions Judge [Entry Level] by Direct Recruitment in terms of 1st respondent Notification dated 15-04-2007] as offending Fundamental Rights of the petitioner herein guaranteed under Articles 14, 16 & 21 of the Constitution of India and therefore ULTRAVIRES" and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.CAPT.K.M.SAXENA Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR GENERAL ADMINISTRATION THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH and THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION No.23649 of 2008 JUDGMENT:(per Hon’ble Sri Justice V.Eswaraiah) This writ petition is filed questioning the action of the High Court in reducing the vacancies from 23 to 13 by way of corrigendum and calling only 40 candidates for viva-voce/oral interview, vide notification dated 29- 09-2008, without publishing the results of written examination dated 22- 06-2008, held for the post of District & Sessions Judge by direct recruitment, in terms of the notification dated 15-04-2007, as illegal and unconstitutional. Learned Standing Counsel appearing for the second respondent submitted that the High Court did not approve the selection list of District & Sessions Judges pursuant to the notification dated 15-04-2007 and the entire selection process has been cancelled. He further stated that questioning the said cancellation, W.P.No.6323 of 2009 and batch are also filed and the same is pending. In view of the submission made by the learned standing counsel, no cause survives in the writ petition. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed. However, it is open for the petitioner to raise this issue in an appropriate case in future. V.ESWARAIAH,J SANJAY KUMAR,J Dt:29.04.2009 usd