IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT HON'BLE SRI DEVINDER GUPTA, CHIEF JUSTICE and HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE M.NARAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 6809 of 2004 Between: B.Vijay Kumar, S/o.Sri.B.Kari Basappa, R/o.D.No.6/3/243, Ramnagar, Anantapur District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The District Judge, Anantapur District, Anantapur District Court Campus, Anantapur. 2 High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, Represented by its Registrar General. .....RESPONDENTS 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 issue an order, direction or writ, particularly one in the nature of writ of MANDAMUS or any other appropriate writ (i) declaring the notice Dis.No._____/2004-A1 dated____/03/2004 in not short listing the petitioner on the basis of the S.S.C. qualification, as illegal and arbitrary; and (ii) declare that the recruitment to the posts of Lower Division Clerks has to be made only in terms of A.P. Judicial Ministerial Services, 2003, issued vide G.O.Ms.No.129 Law (L.A. & J-Home-Courts-D) Department dated 12-11-2003 and consequently direct the respondent to consider the candidature of the petitioner in terms of qualifications notified in G.O.Ms.No.129 Law (L.A. & J- Home-Courts-D) Department dated 12-11-2003. Counsel for the Petitioner : MR.G.VIDYASAGAR Counsel for the Respondents : MR.C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY ( SC FOR APHC ). The Court made the following : ORAL ORDER: ( per Hon’ble The Chief Justice ) …… As per the counter-affidavit of 1st respondent, petitioner was permitted to sit in the examination pursuant to the interim order passed by this Court, but he has not been selected in the qualifying examination and did not reach for being short-listed. In view of the same, writ petition is not pressed and the same is dismissed. No costs. ____________________ DEVINDER GUPTA. C.J., _____________________ M. NARAYANA REDDY. J., Dated: 18.01.2005. VRK. To 1 The District Judge, Anantapur District, Anantapur District Court Campus, Anantapur. 2 The Registrar General, High Court of A.P., Hyderabad. 3. Two CD copies. HON’BLE SRI DEVINDER GUPTA, CHIEF JUSTICE AND HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE M. NARAYANA REDDY. W.P.NO. 6809 OF 2004. ( Order of the Bench delivered by Hon’ble The Chief Justice ) Dt: 18.01.2005.