HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R. SUBHASH REDDY Writ Petition No.2964 of 2010 Date: April 22, 2010 Between: Sri N. Konda Reddy, S/o. N. Konda Reddy, Aged about 47 years, R/o. Reddypalle village, Giddaloor Post, Sanjanala Mandal, Kurnool District … Petitioner And The A.P. Central Power Distribution Co. Ltd., Represented by its Chairman and Managing Director, Singareni Bhavan, Hyderabad, and 3 others … Respondents Order: The petitioner is an aspirant who responded to the notification dated 06-06-2006 issued by the respondents calling for applications to fill up the posts of Linemen and Junior Linemen on contract basis. He questions proceedings dated 07-07-2007 issued by the third respondent, Superintending Engineer (Operation), APCPDCL, Kurnool District. By the impugned proceedings, the candidature of the petitioner is rejected on the ground that he does not possess requisite qualification. It is the case of the petitioner that he had submitted application, enclosing I.T.I. certificate and the same was acknowledged by the respondents; but, on the contrary, his claim is rejected by the impugned proceedings. When the matter came up on the last occasion, the learned standing counsel appearing on behalf of the respondents was directed to obtain instructions. Today, when the matter is taken up, the learned standing counsel has placed before this court, relevant papers, which would show that the petitioner has filed I.T.I. certificate in the trade of ‘Fitter’, but not ‘Electrical’ which is the requisite qualification to hold the post of Lineman or Junior Lineman. It is submitted that the petitioner is also over-aged and, hence, does not fit into the criteria for selection. It is to be noted that the posts notified by the respondents are Lineman and Junior Linemen, for which the requisite qualification is I.T.I. in the trade of ‘Electrical’. Though the petitioner possesses I.T.I. certificate and has filed it along with his application, the same belongs to the trade of ‘Fitter’ but not ‘Electrical’. The petitioner does not fit into the eligibility criteria for selection to the posts in question for two reasons. One is that he does not possess the requisite qualification and on the other he is over-aged. Hence, the action of the respondents, in rejecting his claim by the impugned proceedings, cannot be said to be illegal. For the aforesaid reasons, the writ petition is dismissed. No order as to costs. _______________________ (R. SUBHASH REDDY, J) April 22, 2010 MRR