IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE S.ANANDA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 3398 of 1997 Between: R. Murali krishna s/o Meera sab R/o. D-3, Rudrampur division Kothagudem, khammam district ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The General Manager, Singareni Collieries Co. Ltd, Rudrampur Division, Kothagudem, Khammam District 2 The Divisional Engineer, V.K work shop, 7-incline Singareni Collieries Company Ltd. 3 Singareni Collieries Company Ltd. rep.by its Chairman &Managing Director, Head Officer, Kothagudem .....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 or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not appointing the petitioner in the Singareni Collieries Company Ltd. as dependant of his father Meera Sab, who retired from service under voluntary retirement scheme on medical grounds is highly arbitrary, bad and illegal and consequently direct the respondents to appoint the petitioner in Singareni Collieries Company Ltd. in place of his father Meera Sab who retired under voluntary retirement scheme. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.P.PRABHAKAR REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: MR.K.SRINIVASAMURTHY The Court made the following ORDER: This writ petition is filed by the petitioner seeking declaration that the action of the respondents in not appointing him in the respondents–Company as a dependant of his father, who was an employee of the respondent-Company, as illegal, arbitrary and without jurisdiction and consequently sought for a direction to the respondents to consider his case for appointment on compassionate grounds. At the time of hearing, it is represented by the learned counsel for the parties that this Court passed an interim direction on 25.03.1997 in W.P.M.P.No.4086 of 1997 directing the respondents to consider the case of the petitioner for appointment in any suitable post as a dependant of his father, who retired on medical grounds, within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of that order. In the light of the said interim order, no further direction is required. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of in terms of the said interim order. No costs. _______________ S.Ananda Reddy, J Date:16.09.2004 va To 1 The General Manager, Singareni Collieries Co. Ltd, Rudrampur Division, Kothagudem, Khammam District 2 The Divisional Engineer, V.K work shop, 7-incline Singareni Collieries Company Ltd. 3 The Chairman &Managing Director, Head Officer, Singareni Collieries Company Ltd., Kothagudem 4 Two CD Copies