HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K.C.BHANU WRIT PETITION No.17680 of 2011 Date: April 21, 2011 Between: V.Ravi and others … Petitioners And 1. The A.P.Power Generation corporation Limited and others … Respondents This Court made the following: HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K.C.BHANU WRIT PETITION No.17680 of 2010 ORDER: This writ petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, seeking to issue a writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 2nd respondent in not appointing the petitioners under Land oustee quota in terms of G.O.Ms.No.98, dated 15.04.1986 against any suitable posts on par with the SLP candidates, by considering their representations, dated 14.12.1998, 03.07.2009, 20.07.2009 and 29.09.2009 as illegal and arbitrary and consequently direct the 2nd respondent to appoint the petitioners under Land oustee quota in terms of G.O.Ms.No.98, dated 15.04.1986. 2. The lands of the petitioners in Survey No.444 of Paloncha village were resumed by Government of Andhra Pradesh for the public purpose of construction of Gajula Gudem bye-pass railway line for KTPS, Paloncha in Paloncha village by paying ex gratia. Immediately after resumption of the assigned lands, the petitioners made representations to the 2nd respondent on 14.12.1998 requesting for providing employment to them or their dependants in terms of G.O.Ms.No.98, dated 15.04.1986. The respondents have not paid any attention to the representation of the petitioner on the ground that the lands acquired were assigned lands. Later, the petitioners made representations on 03.07.2009, 20.07.2009 and 29.09.2009 to the respondents requesting to provide employment to them or their dependants. But the respondents have not provided any employment to them or their dependants. Hence, the writ petition. 3. In terms of G.O.Ms.No.98, dated 15.04.1986, the land oustees are entitled to appointment in a suitable post. For that purpose, a District Level Committee is constituted and the 3rd respondent-District Collector is the head of the Committee and is the competent person to take appropriate decision for giving or not giving a suitable post to the petitioners or any other persons, whose lands were resumed by the Government for the public purpose. 4. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is disposed of directing the District Collector-3rd respondent to take appropriate decision on the representations made by the petitioners, in accordance with G.O.Ms.No.98, dated 15.04.1986 within a period of six weeks from the date of copy of this order. If for any reason, no representation is available with the District Collector, the petitioners can as well file a fresh representation to the District Collector and on filing such representation, the District Collector shall pass appropriate orders therein within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of the representation in accordance with law. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________ K.C. BHANU, J April 21, 2011. LMV