HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE T.MEENA KUMARI WRIT PETITION No. 10486 OF 2010 Thursday, the Twenty Fourth day of June, Two Thousand and Ten Between S.Rama Subbaiah Petitioner AND The AP TRANSCO, Rep. By its Chairman & Managing Director, Vidyut Soudha, Hyderabad and others Respondents THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE T.MEENA KUMARI WRIT PETITION NO. 10486 OF 2010 ORAL ORDER: The notice dated 06.10.1998 issued by the third respondent herein rejecting the case of the petitioner for appointment as Junior Lineman, as he was not provided by a licensed contractor issued by the competent authority in terms of Sec. 12 of the Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970, is under challenge in this writ petition. It is case of the petitioner that right from 1.2.1993 till date, he has been working as semi skilled worker under different contractors. When the services of the petitioner were not regularized, he along with others filed WP No. 28959 of 1997 and this court by order dated 4.11.1997 directed the respondents to consider the case of the petitioners for absorption. Pursuant thereto, on 6.4.1998, the petitioner was interviewed and though he was found eligible, his case was rejected on the sole ground that he was supplied by un-licensed contractor. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Standing Counsel for the Respondents. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that though the petitioner has made several representations to absorb him in view of the judgment of a Division Bench of this court in Transmission Corporation of Andhra Pradesh Vs. R.Venkata Ramana and others (1999 (3) ALT 489 DB), the respondents have not considered his case. He further submits that the petitioner will make fresh representation for consideration of the authorities. In the facts and circumstances of the case, while reserving liberty to the petitioner to make fresh representation for consideration of the respondents, the respondents are directed to pass appropriate orders on such representation, in accordance with law. With the above directions, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. ________________________ Justice T. Meena Kumari June 24, 2010 MAS