THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION NO.2804 OF 2008 Dated 14th February, 2008 Between: Ponnuru Venkateswara Rao …Petitioner And The Railway Recruitment Board and another …Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION NO.2804 OF 2008 O R D E R: Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and also Smt.Pushpender Kaur, learned Additional Standing Counsel for Central Government, appearing for the first respondent In this writ petition, the petitioner seeks directions by way of Writ of Mandamus to call for the records pertaining to the selections made to the post of Junior Engineer-II (Track Machine), in pursuance of the notification dated 17-03-2007, and declare the same as illegal and arbitrary. The petitioner in pursuance of the notification, dated 17-03-2007, applied for the post of Junior Engineer-II (Track Machine). To select the candidates, a written test was conducted by the first respondent- Railway Recruitment Board. The petitioner was issued a hall-ticket with roll No. 28072158000007 for writing the written test. It is the case of the petitioner that another candidate i.e., the second respondent was also given the same hall-ticket number, as such in spite of selecting the petitioner, the second respondent was selected. On instructions, Smt.Pushpender Kaur, learned Additional Standing Counsel for Central Government, appearing for the first respondent has produced the attendance sheet pertaining to the written test conducted by the first respondent. Before the examination, at the examination center, the mistake of issuing the same hall ticket number to two candidates was noticed and the petitioner was allotted another roll number i.e., 28072155000020. The petitioner though acknowledged the new number, but rounded off the same on the attendance sheet and wrote the earlier hall ticket number. From the above attendance sheet, it is clear that the answer sheet of the petitioner was identified as he was allotted a new hall- ticket number. But, however, the petitioner himself has rounded off the new hall-ticket number on the attendance sheet and wrote the old number. As much as the authorities of the first respondent have noticed the mistake and it is not a case where there is a dispute with regard to the identity of the answer scripts and though the petitioner acknowledged the correction of the hall-ticket number on the attendance sheet, he himself has written the old hall-ticket number, it cannot be said that he was not awarded with the marks, which he was entitled to and the second respondent was wrongly selected. It is submitted by the learned Additional Standing Counsel that the candidature of the petitioner was not considered as he secured less marks than the second respondent. In this view of the matter, I do not find any merit in this writ petition and the same is accordingly dismissed at the stage of admission. No order as to costs. ____________________ R.SUBHASH REDDY,J Dated 14th February, 2008 vrn