THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION NO.20243 OF 2009 Dated 23rd September, 2009 Between: Sreeramula Pratap …Petitioner And Sri Krishnadevarayan University And another …Respondents The Court made the following O R D E R: In this writ petition, the petitioner, who is working as Teaching Assistant in Department of Adult Continuing Education and Extension, Sri Krishna Devaraya University, Ananthapur District, seeks directions by way of Mandamus to declare the action of respondent No.1 in entertaining the application of respondent No.2 for appointment to the post of Assistant Professor in Adult Education Department and selecting her as illegal and arbitrary. He also sought for a consequential direction to respondent No.1 to nullify the said appointment and confine the selections only to the candidates having qualifications as on the last date of submission of the applications in respect of notification dated 05.02.2009. The contention of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that for appointment to the post of Assistant Professor one should be qualified in the National Eligibility Test (NET) or possess Ph.D, but respondent No.2 does not possess such qualifications and as such she is not eligible to hold the said post. At the same time, even according to the petitioner, as per the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Universities Act, 1991, the Executive Council is the competent authority for appointments and respondent No.2 is not yet appointed by the competent authority of the University. The learned Advocate General appearing for respondent No.1- University also submits that till now there is no approval of the appointment and the claims are yet to be examined by the competent authority. As much as the qualifications of the petitioner as well as respondent No.2 are not yet examined by the competent authority i.e., the Executive Council, there is absolutely no cause of action for the petitioner to approach this Court, at this stage. The petitioner filed this writ petition, apprehending appointment of respondent No.2, even before examination of the qualifications by the competent authority. Hence, there are no merits in this writ petition, the same is liable to be dismissed and is, accordingly, dismissed giving liberty to the petitioner to question the appointments, if any made, in disregard to the qualifications prescribed. No order as to costs. ____________________ R.SUBHASH REDDY, J Dated 23rd September, 2009 vrn