IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) SUNDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 5509 of 2008 Between: Ajju Krishna, S/o.Gangadhar, R/o.H.No.9-1-40, Post Mustaidpura Nizamabad-503001 ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Andhra Pradesh Northern Power Distribution Company Ltd. Rep by its Chairman & Managing Director,Warangal. 2 Chief General Manager-HRD, Andhra Pradesh Northern Power Distribution Company Ltd. Warangal. 3 Chief Engineer(Operations) Andhra Pradesh Northern Power Distribution Company Ltd. Nizamabad Zone,Nizamabad. .....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 or Direction or a Writ more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus directing the respondents to appoint petitioner as Contract Junior Lineman in pursuance of the notification dated 6-6-2006. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.S.RAVINDRANATH Counsel for the Respondents: P.R.BALARAMI REDDY(SC FOR AP TRANSCO) The Court made the following ORDER: The petitioner responded to a notification, dated 06.06.2006, issued by the second respondent proposing to undertake recruitment of Junior Lineman on contract basis. He states that though he possesses the requisite qualifications and passed the physical test, his name was not included in the list of successful candidates. When the writ petition came up for admission on 14.03.2008, it was adjourned to 25.03.2008, to enable the learned Standing Counsel to ascertain the reasons for non-inclusion of the name of the petitioner. On that day, the learned Standing Counsel stated that the petitioner did not pass the pole climbing test, thereby, he was excluded from the list. The learned counsel for the petitioner took time to ascertain this fact. Nothing is placed before this Court to disbelieve the version of the respondents. Once it had emerged that the petitioner did not pass the pole climbing test, which is necessary for the post of Junior Lineman, it cannot be said that the respondents have committed any illegality. Hence, the writ petition is dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________ 28.03.2008 kdl ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{LS}