IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO : 17132 of 2004 Between: A. Vijaya Kumar S/o A. Sudhakar O/o Sub- Divisional Engineer(E), Stores Sub-Division, BSNL, Sangareddy ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Senior Deputy Director General BSNL Corporat Office, B. 103, Statesman House, New Delhi 2 the Chief General Manager, A.P. Circle, BSNL, Telecom Hyderabad 3 The Principal General Manager, Telecom, Hyderabad Telecom District, Suryalok Complex, Hyderabad 4 The Principal Chief Engineer (E), BSNL Electrical Zone, Chirag Ali Lane, Hyderabad-1 5 The Executive Engineer (E) BSNL, Electrical Division No.1 Gadwal Rani Compound, Hyderabad-1 .....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 an order, direction or a writ more particulalry in the nature of writ of Mandamus by declaring the action of the respondents in rejecting the claim of the petitioner for the grant of temporary status of a group D and consequent regularisation as Group D w.e.f. 9-6-2000 & 1-10-2000 respectively in terms of the circulars dt 29-6-2000, 14-8-1998 and 29-9-2000 of the Department of BSNL, vide order NO. 13(6)/BSNL/TED-1/407 dt 4-6-2004, as arbitrary, discriminatory, without application of mind to the records and illegal being violative of Article 14, 16 & 21 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents to extend the benefits of temporary status of the Group D from dt 9-6-2000aand from 1-10-2000 and with all consequential benefits. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.KRISHNA DEVAN Counsel for the Respondent No.: SMT.C.VANI REDDY The Court made the following : ORDER: When the matter is taken up for hearing, Sri Krishna Devan, learned counsel for the petitioner, and Mrs. C. Vani Reddy, learned Standing counsel for Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, submitted that in view of the notification dated 31.10.2008 issued by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (Department of Personnel and Training), including the organization of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited within the purview of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985, as per Section 29(2) of the said Act, this writ petition is to be transferred to the Central Administrative Tribunal of Hyderabad Bench. In the light of the said submission, Office is directed to transfer the writ petition to the Central Administrative Tribunal of Hyderabad Bench, by obtaining necessary acknowledgment from the Tribunal. Accordingly the writ petition is disposed of. __________________________ GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA, J 25th June, 2009. CBS HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No.17132 of 2004 25th June, 2009 CBS