IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD WEDNESDAY, THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI DEVINDER GUPTA,THE CHIEF JUSTICE and THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT APPEAL NO : 877 of 2004 (Writ Appeal under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent against the Order dated 27/04/2004 in WP NO :7999 OF 2004 on the file of the High Court.) Between: P. Srinivas S/o P. Yegonda Swamy aged about 35 years, R/o 7-5-483, Kumar Galli, Nizamabad ..... APPELLANT AND 1 Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), rep by Chief General Manager, Telecom BSNL, A.P. Circle, Hyderabad. 2 The General Manager, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, Telecom District, Adilabad 3 The Divisional Engineer (Admn) BSNL., O/o the General Manager, Telecom District, Adilabad 4 The Sub-Divisional Engineer (Admn) BSNL., O/o the General Manager, Telecom District, Adilabad .....RESPONDENTS For the Appellant: MR.B.SUDHAKAR REDDY & NEERAJA SUDHAKAR REDDY, Advocates. For the Respondent No.1 to 4: Standing Counsel for Central Government. The Court made the following Oral Judgment: (per Sri Devinder Gupta, CJ) The sole point for consideration in the writ petition was whether the respondents were justified in not extending the period of contract by one year. Appellant’s writ petition was dismissed by the learned single judge on the ground that in such like contractual matters where option is said to have been exercised by the appellant for extension of period of contract by one year and when such extension was not granted, filing of writ petition is not a proper remedy. With such an order of the learned single judge, no interference is called for. The writ appeal is accordingly dismissed. No costs. DATE: 16th June, 2004 Pnb JOINT REGISTER //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER To 1.The Chief General Manager, Telecom BSNL,A.P.Circle, Hyderabad. 2.The General Manager, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, Telecom District, Adilabad. 3.The Divisional Engineer (Admn.), BSNL., O/o.The General Manager, Telecom District, Adilabad. 4. The Sub-Divisional Engineer (Admn.), O/o.The General Manager, Telecom District, Adilabad. 5. Two C.D. copies.