THE HON’BLE SMT. JUSTICE T. MEENA KUMARI and THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G. CHANDRAIAH WRIT PETITION No. 14985 of 2006 O R D E R: (Per the Hon’ble Smt. Justice T. Meena Kumari) This writ petition is filed challenging the order dated 31.3.2006 passed by the A.P. Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad in Review M.A. No. 3294 of 2005 in O.A. No. 8539 of 2001. The petitioner herein filed O.A. 8539 of 2005 before the Tribunal seeking a direction to the respondents to consider his case for the post of Junior Lecturer in the category of Visually Handicapped category. The Tribunal dismissed the said O.A. The petitioner filed Review M.A. No. 3294 of 2005, but the said review application was also dismissed by the Tribunal. Aggrieved, the petitioner filed this writ petition. Heard the learned counsel for the parties and perused the material available on record. The case of the petitioner is that he possesses the necessary qualifications required for the post for which he applied but his case was not considered on the ground that the said post was by mistake notified in the visually handicapped category instead of notifying the same in the hearing impaired category. The Tribunal held that the petitioner – applicant had the necessary qualifications as on the day he applied for the examination as well as with reference to the date against which qualifications have to be reckoned. But, the Tribunal dismissed the case of the petitioner on the ground that the post is kept for hearing impaired persons. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that there is no qualified hearing impaired person competent for the post. Having regard to the facts and circumstances, the respondents are directed to refer the petitioner to the Medical Board and basing on the report of the Medical Board the case of the petitioner be considered for the post kept for hearing impaired persons if no hearing impaired candidate competent to the post is available, within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. No costs. T. MEENA KUMARI, J. G. CHANDRAIAH, J. Date: 21-06-2007. MVB.