IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE THIRTIETH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 4719 of 2000 Between: A.S.R.K.L. Prasad, S/o. Narasimha Rao Vth Stage of A.P., Genco Housing Colony, Palawancha, Khammam District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Andhra Pradesh Generation Corporation Limited, Rep. by its Chairman, and Managing Director, Viduyat Soudha, Hyderabad-82. 2 Chief Engineer Operation and Maintainance, A.P. Generation Company Limited, Kothagudam, Thermal Power Station Vth Stage Palwancha, Khammam District. 3 Telugunadu Viduyat Karmika Sangam, A registered and Recognised Trade Union,Rep. by its President P. Krishna Murthy, No. 1245, Kothagudam, Khammam District. .....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 a Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate Writ Order or direction declaring the action of the respondents in not extending the benefit of awarding weightage marks for work experience to the petitioner as per Memo.No. JS/Ds (P)/ AS(Per-I0/100-A1/99 dated 6-10-99 as illegal, arbitrary, discriminatory and violative of Article 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India and issue consequential direction to the respondents to extend the benefit of weightage marks for work experience as per Memo. No. Js/Ds(P)/AS(Per-I)/100-A1/99 dated 6-10- 99 to petitioner and consider the case for appointment to the post of Sub- Engineer and pass such other order or orders as are deemed fit and proper. Counsel for the Petitioner : MR.C.HANUMANTHA RAO Counsel for the Respondents : MR.P.SRI RAGHU RAM The Court made the following : ORDER : In this writ petition, the petitioner who was working as a contract labour in the year 2000, seeks declaration by way of Mandamus to declare the action of respondents in not awarding weightage marks for the experience he has gained as per Memo No.JS/DS (P)/AS(Per-I)/100-A1/99, dated 06.10.1999, as illegal and arbitrary. 2. Though no counter affidavit is filed, when the matter is taken up, it is submitted by the learned Standing Counsel appearing for the respondents that during the pendency of the writ petition, the petitioner was already appointed as a Sub-Engineer and he was absorbed into service with effect from 23rd of August 2008. As much as the petitioner was already absorbed into service, no need to examine the claim made in the writ petition for award of weightage marks. 3. Recording the submission of the learned Standing Counsel for the respondents, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. ______________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J 30th January 2009. ajr