IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY SIXTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO WRIT PETITION No : 20553 of 1998 Between: 1 G. Narayana Reddy S/o. Late Jogi Reddy Ramabadhrapuram Branch Vijayanagaram Dist A.P. R/o. Vijayagaram Dist, A.P. (Bobbili, Phoolbagh.). 2 V. Venkata Rao s/o. V.Jagannadha Rao Sri Vishaka Grameena Bank, Vijayanagaram, R/o. Vijayanagaram, A.P. 3 Ch. Surya Narayana S/o. Siuvn Naidu Mentada, Vijayanagaram Dist., R/o. Vijayanagaram Dist, A.P. 4 V. Naga Raja Rao S/o. Rama Rao Visakha Grameena Bank, Mettapalli, Vijayanagara, R/o. Vijayanagaram Dist., Andhra Pradesh. 5 C. Jagannadha Rao S/o. Venugopala Surya Rao Sri Visakha Grameena Bank, Piridi, Vijayanagaram District A.P., R/o. Bobbili, Vijayanagaram Dist., Andhra Pradesh. 6 P. Jagan Mohan Rao S/o. Papa Rao Sri Vishaka Grameena Bank, Gutchimi, Vijayanagaram district, A.P. R/o. Bobbili, Vijayanagaram Dist., Andhra Pradesh. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Chairman Sri Vishaka Grameena Bank Head Office at Srikakulam, Srikakulam Dist., Andhra Pradesh. 2 B. Rama Lingeswara Rao Sri Vishaka Grameena Bank, Srikakulam, A.P. 3 B. Panduranga Vittal Sri Visakha Grameena Bank Chittivalasa, Vijayanagaram dist. A.P. 4 Gangi Reddy Venkata Ramana Sri Visakha Grameena Bank Chodavaram, Visakhapatnam Dist., A.P. 5 J. Rama Krishna Murthy Sri Visakha Grameena Bank, Area Manager Office, Vijayanagaram, A.p. 6 K. Bhaskar Rao Sri Visakha Grameena Bank, Laveru branch, Srikakulam dist., A.P. 7 K. Gyaneswar Rao D.M.'s Office, Sri Vishaka Grameena Bank, Visakhapatnam Dist., A.P. 8 K. Shankar Rao Sri Vishaka Grameena Bank Chintala Valasa, Vijayanagaram dist, A.P. 9 M. Siva Prasad Sri Vishaka Grameena Bank, Head Office, Srikakulam Andhra Pradesh. 10 M.V.T. Nageswar Rao Sri Vishaka Grameena Bank Head Office, Srikakulam dist., Andhra Pradesh. 11 R. Radha Krishna Sri Vishaka Grameena Bank Tekkali, Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh. 12 R. Sanyasi Naidu Sri Vishaka Grameena Bank Ravika Matam, Vishakapatnam, A.P. 13 V. Subba Rao Sri Vishaka Grameena Bank Bheemili, Vijayanagaram dist., A.P. 14 W.K.Sathyanarayana Murthy Sri Vishaka Grameena Bank D.M's Office, Visakhapatnam Dist., A.P. 15 A. Jagannadha Rao Sri Vishaka Grameena Bank, Pedabayalu, Vishakapatnam Dist., A.P. 16 E. Sathyanarayana Sri Vishaka Grameena Bank, Garbham, Vijayanagaram Dist, A.P. .....RESPONDENTS 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 an Order Direction or Writ Specially one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the first respondent in giving promotion to the respondents 2 to 16 to the post of Scale-II branch manager, vide Staff (Circular) No.10, dated: 01-06- 1998, ignoring the claims of the petitioners is illegal and void and consequentially set aside the promotions given to the respondent to consider the case of the petitioners for promotion to the post of Scale- II Branch Manager afresh by taking into consideration of the seniority from 1980/83 and past performance and to pass such other order or orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner : Sri K. Bathi Reddy Counsel for the Respondents : Sri V. Srinivas The Court made the following O R D E R: Sri K. Bathi Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the cause in the writ petition does not survive for adjudication and, therefore, the same may be dismissed as infructuous. In view of the submission made by the learned counsel, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous, but however, without costs. (NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO,J) 26th February 2008 ksld ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{NS}