IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE K.C. BHANU WRIT PETITION NO : 9101 of 2005 Between: 1 K.Hemakumar S/o.Subbarama Raju 0/0 33/11 K.V. Harinathapuram Nellore, Nellore District. 2 Md. Kader S/o.Md.Subhash Shift Operator o/o.33/11 K.V.C.G.Road, Nellore District. 3 P.Srikanth, S/o.C.Ramaiah o/o.Section Officer, A.e.(Operations), Harinathapuram, Nellore District. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 The A.P.S.P.d.C.L. rep. by its Chairman and Managing Director Tirupathi, Chittoor District. 2 The Superintending Engineer APSPDCL., Vidhyuth Bhavan Nellore, Nellore District. .....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, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not considering the petitioners length of service and further action of the respondents in not passing orders on the representation submitted by the petitioner on 3.2.2005as highly in illegal, arbitrary and violative of article 14 and 16 of Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents to appoint as contract Jr.Line Man in the respondent organisation in the existing vacancies. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.N.M.KRISHNAIAH Counsel for the Respondent Nos.1 and 2: MR.KISHORE SAMINENI (SC FOR AP TRANSCO) The Court at the admission stage made the following O R D E R: This writ petition is filed seeking a Writ of Mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in not considering the length of service of the petitioner as illegal and arbitrary. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned standing counsel appearing for the respondents. Appropriate decision has to be taken by the respondents in accordance with the rules and regulations. Therefore, without entering into the merits of the case, the writ petition is disposed of directing the respondents to dispose of the representation dated 03.02.2005 made by the petitioner in accordance with the rules and regulations within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. No order as to costs. ________________ (K.C.BHANU,J) Dt:25th April, 2005 usd To 1 The A.P.S.P.d.C.L. rep. by its Chairman and Managing Director Tirupathi, Chittoor District. 2 The Superintending Engineer APSPDCL., Vidhyuth Bhavan Nellore, Nellore District. 3 2 CD copies 4 1 CC to MR.KRISHNAIAH Form-NIC-OGS/WP{MPL}