IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM and HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE P.V.SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION No: 17370 of 2008 Between: 1 N. Kanaka Mohan Reddy S/o. Late N. Rami Reddy on Deputation to Hon'ble Principal Jr. Civil Judge's Court Puttur, Chittoor District. 2 T. Nagaraja Reddy S/o. Subbirami Reddy on Deputation to Hon'ble Principal Jr. Civil Judge's Court Piler, Chittoor District. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 The Hon'ble High Court of Andhra Pradesh Rep. by its Registrar, Management, High Court Buildings, Hyderabad. 2 The District Sessions Court, Chittoor, Chittoor District. 3 Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Secretary, Finance (PC-I) Department, A.P. Secretariat, Hyderabad. .....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 issue a writ direction (s) order or orders more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the impugned order in Roc No. 370/2008 C1 dt. 8-4-2008 of the 1st respondent as illegal, arbitrary, and violation of principles of natural justice and consequentially direct the respondents to consider the petitioners' cases for appointment to the post of Personal Assistant/Steno-Typist by transfer from the cadre of Attenders in the interest of justice and pass Counsel for the Petitioner: Sri A.CHANDRAIH NAIDU Counsel for the Respondent No.: Sri D.V.SITHARAM MURTHY (SC FOR APHC) The Court made the following : ORDER:(Per GR,J) By the order dated 08-04-2008 of the ﬁrst respondent, the petitioners’ appeal for appointment to the post of Personal Assistant/Steno-Typist has been rejected. Aggrieved thereby, this writ petition is filed. Both the petitioners herein were appointed as Attenders; the first petitioner by the proceedings dated 30-12-1997 and the second petitioner by the proceedings dated 09-04-2002. The services of petitioners 1 and 2 were regularized with eﬀect from 12-01-1998 and 27-04-2002 respectively, in the category of Attender. Though appointed and serving as Attenders, the petitioners claim to have qualiﬁcations that render them eligible for appointment as Personal Assistant/Steno-Typist. In exigencies of work, their services were utilized to perform the functions in the post of Personal Assistant/Steno-Typist. However, it is the admitted position that the relevant rules do not provide a promotional avenue to the category of Personal Assistant/ Steno-Typist from the category of Attender. Pursuant to a notiﬁcation for Direct Recruitment for the post of Personal Assistant/Steno-Typist, the petitioners applied but failed to qualify in the selection. Thereafter, they made representations for regular appointment to the post of Personal Assistant/Steno-Typist. The same having been rejected by the District Judge, Chittoor, they preferred an appeal to the first respondent. By the order dated 08-04-2008 the first respondent rejected their appeal. As the petitioners could not qualify for appointment to the post of Personal Assistant/Steno- Typist in Direct Recruitment and as there is no promotional avenue provided in the Andhra Pradesh Judicial Ministerial Services Rules to the post of Personal Assistant/Steno-Typist from the category of Attender, the petitioners are seen to have no legal foundation for their claim. The writ petition is thus devoid of merits. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed at the stage of admission, after hearing the learned counsel for respective parties. No order as to costs. ______________________ GODA RAGHURAM, J ________________________ P.V.SANJAY KUMAR, J September 24, 2008 CVRK