IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE THIRTIETH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE P.SWAROOP REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 15500 of 1999 Between: D.Srinivasulu S/o. D.Subbirami Reddy R/o. Iralapadu Village, Marrypadu Mandal Nellore dist. ... PETITIONER AND 1 Post Master General, Vijayawada Region, Vijayawada. 2 Senior Superindent of Post Offices, Nellore Division, Nellore. 3 D.Srinivasulu S/o.D.Ramaiah, R/o. IrlaPadu , Marripady Mandal, Nellore Dist. 4 The Registrar, Central Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad Bench, Hyderabad. ... RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed here in the High Court may be pleased to issue appropriate writ, order or direction more in the nature of writ of Certiorari calling for the records in O.A.no.1743/97 Dt: 7-4-99 of Central Administrative Tribunal and quash the same, as arbitrary, Un- warranted, illegal, Mis-Conceived and in Violation of Articles 1 & 16 of the Constitution of India and Consequently direct the Respondents to consider the petitioner's case for regularization by canceling the notification Dt: 22-5-98 and pass such other and further order or orders. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.SUDARSHAN REDDY DUDDUGUNTA Counsel for the Respondents: MR.A.RAJASHEKAR REDDY (ASST SOLICITOR GEN) The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V. ESWARAIAH AND THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE P. SWAROOP REDDY WRIT PETITION NO. 15500 OF 1999 ORDER: (per the Hon’ble Sri Justice V. Eswaraiah) Petitioner filed O.A.No.1743 of 1997 on the file of the Central Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad, questioning the notification dated 27.11.1997 inviting applications for the post of Extra Departmental/Branch Post Master, Irlapadu, which fell vacant on account of the retirement of the regular incumbent with effect from 30.06.1997, on the ground that that the said post is meant for physically handicapped persons but not to the general category candidates. The Tribunal, while disposing of the O.A., held that the open notification dated 27.11.1997 shall be treated as a notification for filling up the post of Extra Departmental/Branch Post Master from the general open category candidates, that to enable all the open category candidates to apply for the same, a corrigendum be issued extending the last date of submission of the application for the notification and on the basis of the applications received, the most meritorious suitable candidate will be selected as a regular Extra Departmental/Branch Post Master of that post office. The contention of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that the Tribunal ought to have set aside the notification by directing the respondents to issue a general notification instead of directing to issue corrigendum. We do not see any justification in the argument made by the learned counsel for the petitioner inasmuch as there is no difference either in issuance of corrigendum or a fresh notification. Hence, we are of the opinion that issuing corrigendum also amounts to issuing fresh notification and therefore, the Tribunal rightly directed to issue a corrigendum to fill up the said post as expeditiously as possible, but the same has been stalled at the instance of the petitioner. We do not find any merit in the writ petition. It is represented by learned counsel for the respondents that corrigendum was already issued on 09.06.1999 and in fact, the petitioner also applied along with other open category candidates. If that be so, selections in respect of the corrigendum notification, shall be finalized as expeditiously as possible. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed. No costs. ___________________ V.ESWARAIAH, J _________________________ P. SWAROOP REDDY, J June 30, 2009 MD/USD