IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO : 13262 of 2008 Between: 1 A.Chandrasekhar Rao S/o.Subbarayudu Police Constable 427 H.No.4/676 Gutta Bazar Kadapa 2 S.Jayarami Reddy S/o.Guruvi Reddy Sirigiri (V) Govindayapalli B.Kodur Kadapa 3 G.Nagaraju S/o.Gangi Seety 398 Block No.43/5 XI APSP Bhakarapet Kadapa 4 Ch.Hussanaiah S/o.Rosaiah IX APSP Bhakarpet Kadapa District 5 V.Laxmi Reddy S/o.Subba Reddy Narayana Nellore (V) Rajampet Kadapa District ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 The Government of A.P Rep.by its Prl.Secretary Home Department(Police) Secretariat Saifabad Hyderabad 2 The Director General of Police Govt of A.P Lakdi-Ka-Pool Hyderabad 3 The A.P State Level Police Recruitment Board Rep.by its Chairman Hyderabad 4 The Commandant(IR Bn) XI APSP Bakharapet,Kadapa District .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 to issue an appropriate writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in issuing notification in Rc No.8/R&T/Genl.2/2008 dt.28-2- 2008 notifying all the available vacancies of police Constabels of Armed Reserve for direct the recruitment is illegal and unjust arbitrary discriminatory thereby violation of Art 14 and 16 of the COI apart from contrary to the doctrines of primisory estoppel and legitimate expectation if necessary by reading down Rule 2 of the Rules issued in G.O Ms.305, dt.13-10-1999 ie AP Police(Stipendiary Cadet Trainee) Rules 1999 which was amended through GO Ms No.97 dt.1-5-2006 has no application to the case of the petitioners and consequentially direct the respondents to fill up the vacancies of police Constables Amed Reserve by appointment by transfer from the Constables APSP without reference to the amended rule 2 of the Rules issued in G.O.Ms No.315,dt.3-10-1999 and the Notification No.8/R&T/Genl.2/2008,dt.28-2-2008 without reference to the pendency of OA No.1715 of 2008 filed by the petitioners along with similarly situated candidates as the same is being adjourned time and again without passing appropriate orders protecting the interests of the petitioners and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.K.R.PRABHAKAR Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR HOME The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO : 13262 of 2008 ORAL ORDER : ( Per Sri GM, J ) This Writ Petition has been filed challenging the action of the respondents in issuing notification dated 28-2-2008 notifying all the available vacancies of Police Constables of Armed Reserve for direct recruitment as illegal, arbitrary apart from contrary to the doctrines of promissory estoppel and legitimate expectation, and consequently seeks a direction to the respondents to fill up the vacancies of police constables – Armed Reserve by appointment by transfer from the Constables APSP without reference to the amended rule 2 of the Rules issued in G.O.Ms.No.315 dated 3-10-1999, and without reference to the pendency of O.A.No.1715 of 2008. The main grievance of the petitioners is that though O.A.No.1715 of 2008 was preferred by the writ petitioners on 28-2-2008, the same is being adjourned from time to time without protecting the interests of the petitioners and without passing any orders and in the meanwhile, the respondents are completing the selections as per the notifications. Since the Tribunal, while issuing notice to the respondents, directed the respondents to ascertain the factual aspects of the matter, we are not inclined to entertain the writ petition at this stage. Suffice it to say that the Tribunal shall dispose of the interlocutory applications within a period of 2 weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order by passing appropriate orders. With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. ___________ GM, J ___________ CVR, J Dt: 25/6/2008 Kk/nrg