IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD THE HON’BLE Mr. JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY Writ Petition No.23932 of 1997 Dated: September 5, 2006 Between: B. Siva Kumar Goud, S/o. Siva Sankar Goud, Aged about 28 years, R/o. H. No.2/55, Gudical Post, Pin No.518364, Kurnool District, A.P. … Petitioner And The Commissioner and Director of School Education, Near L.B. Stadium, Basheerbag, Hyderabad, and another. … Respondents Order: The petitioner, who appeared for written examination for the recruitment of Secondary Grade Teachers, conducted by the District Selection Committee, Kurnool, has filed this writ petition seeking Mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in not considering him for the post of Secondary Grade Teacher as arbitrary and illegal. 2. The grievance of the petitioner is that though he attended interview on 09-09-1996, his case was not considered for appointment to the said post. 3. The interview of a candidate is a supplementary test and not the exclusive test for assessing his suitability. It is to be seen, merely because the petitioner was called for an interview, it cannot be said that he is entitled to be appointed to that post. Recruitment of a candidate to a post may be based either on written examination or on interview or it may be a mixture of both. Further, if a candidate takes a calculated chance and appears at the interview, then, only because the result of the interview is not palatable to him, he cannot turn round and subsequently contend that the process of selection was unfair. Moreover, the petitioner could have approached the A.P. Administrative Tribunal to get his grievance redressed before approaching this Court. No direction as sought for can be issued at this stage. 4. The writ petition is devoid of merits and is accordingly dismissed. No order as to costs. ____________________________ JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY. September 5, 2006 MRR