IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION No.6724 of 2000 Between: Kota Papa Rao, S/o K.Simhachalam Cheekatipeta (Village) Kanchanam (PO), Rajam (SO), Srikakulam District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Andhra Pradesh Power Transmission Corporation, Rep. by its Chairman and Managing Director, Viduyuth Souda, Hyderabad. 2 Eastern Power Distribution Company of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Managing Director, Visakhapatnam. 3 Chief Engineer, E.P.D.C. of A.P.Visakhapatnam Zone, Visakhapatnam. 4 Superintending Engineer (Operation Circle), E.P.D.C. of A.P., Visakhapatnam. .....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, order or direction more appropriately one in the nature of Mandamus directing the respondents to absorb the petitioner as L.D.C/Typist in terms of B.P.Ms.No.36 dt.18/5/97 with all consequential and attendant benefits and grant such other relief as it deems fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner: DR.P.B.VIJAY KUMAR Counsel for the Respondents: P.R.BALARAMI REDDY(SC FOR AP TRANSCO) The Court made the following : ORDER: In this writ petition the petitioner seeks a direction to the respondents by way of writ of mandamus to absorb him as Lower Division Clerk/Typist in the respondent Corporation in terms of B.P.Ms.No.36 dated 18.05.1997. When the matter is taken up for hearing, it is submitted by the learned Standing Counsel appearing for the respondents that subsequent to the filing of this writ petition, the claim of the petitioner was rejected on 15.11.2000 and the same was questioned in W.P.No.21332 of 2001, which was disposed of on 08.04.2002. In view of the subsequent events, no direction can be given as sought for in this writ petition. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed. No costs. ___________________ R.SUBHASH REDDY, J Date: 24.02.2009 va