THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO WRIT PETITION No. 17506 of 2010 O R D E R: Heard Sri Gollamudi Prabhakara Rao, learned counsel for the writ petitioner and Sri Andapalli Sanjeev Kumar, learned counsel for the respondents. This Writ Petition has been instituted by a Technical Work Inspector, Grade II, working with the 1st respondent Infrastructure Development Corporation, belonging to the State of Andhra Pradesh. The impugned order, dated 17.07.2010, which was a communication sent up by the Executive Engineer, in turn recording that the Managing Director of the 1st respondent Corporation on 15.07.2010 ordered withdrawal of the power of recording of measurements in the Measurement Books (M.Books) by the Technical Work Inspectors with ITI qualification with immediate effect, is called in question. The contention canvassed on behalf of the petitioner by the learned counsel is this, on 30.10.2008, the same Executive Engineer communicated an order passed by the Managing Director on 17.10.2008, according power to record the measurements on the writ petitioner and without any justifiable reason or cause, today, the said power has been withdrawn. Since no reasons are explicit, the order passed by the Managing Director is ex facie illegal and arbitrary. It is also contended that withdrawing the power to record the measurements would ultimately reduce and lower the seniority of the writ petitioner. I am afraid, that I cannot accede to any of these contentions. The 1st respondent Corporation being the employer has every right to take a decision, particularly a policy measure, as to who should be conferred the power to record measurements of works executed by the Corporation. If at one point of time, the Managing Director of the Corporation felt that such powers can be conferred upon a Technical Work Inspector, possessing ITI qualification and subsequently, the experience reveals to him that the said power should be withdrawn and the same should be entrusted to another superior officer having higher technical qualifications, one cannot find fault with such a decision. Such a policy measure is hardly justiciable. It is for the employer to devise ways and means of securing the execution of works. It is also for the employer to effectively utilize the available manpower resources. So long as any decision will not impact adversely upon the conditions of service of the employees, the employees per se cannot dictate or determine as to what should be the policy that should be adopted by the employer. Whether a Technical Work Inspector should be permitted to record the measurements in the Measurement Books or it should be entrusted to an Assistant Engineer is purely a question of a policy choice by the employer. I cannot substitute my opinion to that of the Corporation. Similarly by withdrawing the check measurement powers or recording of measurement powers, no employee will be pushed down in a relative seniority list. Inter se seniority is always determined not necessarily based upon the powers that are exercisable by the employee, but based upon the dates of joining the service and in a particular cadre. I, therefore, do not see any reason to entertain this Writ Petition as it is devoid of merit. It is accordingly dismissed. No costs. ---------------------------------- (NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO, J) 21st July 2010 ksld