IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO : 15935 of 1998 Between: P.Bhaskara Rao, S/o Premaiah(Late) A.C.Evening College, Guntur. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 State of A.P, rep by its Secretary, Education Department Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 Commissioner of Collegiate Education, Nampally, Hyderabad 3 The Regional Joint Director of Higher Education, Guntur 4 Andhra Christial Eveninh College Functioning in the afternoon Session, rep. by its Special Officer, Guntur. 5 Registrar, Nagarjuna University, rep. by its Registrar, Nagarjuna Nagar, Guntur. .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 to issue a Writ, order or direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in issuing the G.O.Ms.No.41 Education (UE-II) Dept. dt.12-2-98 and rejecting the petitioner's application by the Res.No.2 vide L.Dis.No.1902/UGC.4/98 dt.12-5-98 as illegal,arbitrary and violative of principles of natural justice and also violative of the articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents to set aside the G.O.Ms.No.41 Education (UE-II) Dept. dt.12-2-98 and L.Dis.No.1902/UGC.4/98 dt.12-5-98 of the 2nd respondent and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.B.D.RAJU Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR HIGHER EDUCATION The Court made the following : ORAL ORDER: This writ petition is filed seeking a Mandamus directing the respondents to reckon/count the unaided service rendered by the petitioner for the purpose of application of Career Advancement Scheme. There is no necessity of going into all the details. The State Legislature has passed Act 26/06 prohibiting computation of unaided service for the purpose of Career Advancement Scheme. Under those circumstances, the writ petition is liable to be dismissed and accordingly dismissed leaving liberty to the petitioner to challenge the provisions of Act 26/06, if he is so advised. No order as to costs. ____________ C.V.RAMULU, J Date: 17.4.2008 DA THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU W.P.No.15935 of 1998 17.4.2008