IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD WEDNESDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SMT JUSTICE T.MEENA KUMARI & THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT APPEAL NO : 1240 of 2008 (Writ Appeal under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent against the Order dated 17/09/2007 in WP NO : 8787 OF 1996 on the file of the High Court.) Between: Gangapatnam Mohan S/o.Subbulaiah Sri Sarvodaya college, R/o.D.No.9/829 Railway Feeders Road, Nellore ..... APPELLANT AND 1 The Registrar, Sri Venkateswara University Tirupati, 2 Secretary & Correspondent, Sri Sarvodaya college Nellore 3 The Commissioner ,Collegiate Education,Nampally Hyderabad 4 The Secretary to Government (Higher Education) Government of AP., secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad 5 Sri V.V.Ramana Reddy S/o.not known Sri Sarvodaya college,Nellore .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Appellant: SRI PALLENAGESWAR RAO Counsel for the Respondents.: MR.KASAJAGANMOHAN REDDY The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE SMT JUSTICE T.MEENA KUMARI & THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT APPEAL NO : 1240 of 2008 JUDGMENT: (per Hon’ble Smt. Justice T. Meena Kumari) Aggrieved by order, dated 17.09.2007 in Review WPMP No.10609 of 2007 in WP No.8787 of 1996, the present writ appeal is filed by the appellant. The appellant herein filed the above writ petition seeking to declare the action of the 2nd respondent in selecting the 5th respondent as lecturer in political science pursuant to the notification dated 2.11.1994 as illegal and arbitrary and consequently, to direct the official respondents to appoint the petitioner as lecturer in the department of political science and public administration in Sri Sarvodaya College, Nellore. The learned single Judge having observed that in the notification calling for applications for the post of lecturer itself , it was made clear that the candidates should have passed PG Degree with 55% of marks in concerned subject with good academic record and admittedly, by the date of the notification, the writ petitioner passed M.A. in political science with 47.5% only and if that be so, the petitioner was not eligible for appointment, dismissed the writ petition. Hence, the appellant filed the above WPMP seeking to review the orders in the writ petition on the ground that he is possessing MA Degree (Public Administration) with 63% marks and also stood first in the interview and in view of the resolution passed by the 1st respondent- University renaming the department of political sciences as political science and public administration, the Post Graduation degree holder in public administration with 55% marks is also eligible to be appointed as lecturer in political science. The learned single Judge dismissed said Review WPMP. Having aggrieved by the same, the present writ appeal has been filed. Heard the learned Counsel and perused the material available on record. It is the contention of the learned Counsel for the appellant that the persons who are possessing post graduation in public administration with more than 55% marks were eligible for appointment as lecturer in political science and public administration and the political science and public administration come under one Department and therefore, he is entitled to be appointed as lecturer in political science. On a perusal of the order under appeal and the notification dated 2/11/1994, it is obvious that the notification was issued for appointment of lecturers specifying that the candidate should have passed post graduation with 55% marks in the subject concerned. It is an admitted fact that the appellant secured 47.5% in political science. Now, it is the contention of the appellant that the public administration and political science come under one department and he secured 63% in Public Administration and therefore, said qualification in Public Administration can be considered as that of a political science for the post of the lecturer. However, it is to be noted that in the notification, there is no specification to the effect that public administration and political science are one and the same and particularly, the requisite qualification as mentioned in the notification is only M.A Political science with 55% marks. Apart from that, mere ground of renaming the department of political sciences as political science and public administration, does not give any right to make any claim contrary to the specifications made in the notification. In this view of the matter, we feel that the order under appeal does not suffer from any illegality or irregularity warranting interference of this Court. Accordingly, this writ appeal is dismissed. No order as to costs. ________________________ Justice T. Meena Kumari ___________________________ Justice C.V. Nargarjuna Reddy Dated: 11.2.2009 Nn. THE HON'BLE SMT JUSTICE T.MEENA KUMARI & THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT APPEAL NO :1240 of 2008 (Judgment delivered by the Hon’ble Smt. Justice T. Meena Kumari) 11th February, 2009 1