IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTIETH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 891 of 2006 Between: 1 L.Sankar Rao S/o.L.Suryanarayana R/o.Narava Village and Post Gopalapatnam Visakhapatnam. 2 V.Anil S/o.Vaidanna R/o.34-2-5, Vijapur Lane Pulavarthyvari Street Kakinada, East Godavari District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 Bank of India, rep by its Zonal Manager Zonal Manager's office 10-50-51, Krishna Bhavan, 1st Floor Waltair, Visakhapatnam-2 2 Branch Manager, Bank of Inida Harbor Road Branch Visakhapatnam. 3 Branch Manager, Bank of India, Bhanugidi Junction Branch Kakinada. 4 Branch Manager, Bank of India, Gandhinagar Branch, Gandhinagar, Vijayawda. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue an order, direction or writ particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ (i) declaring the action of the respondents in not following the law laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in Excise Superintendent, Malakapatnam Vs.KBN Vishweshwar Rao reported in 1996 (6) SCC 216 and not allowing the petitioners herein to attend the interview for the post of Sub Staff (Class-IV) and filling up the posts through Employment Exchange only is illegal, arbitrary and consequently direct the respondents to issue call letters to the petitioner and allow the petitioners to appear for the interview for the post of Sub Staff (Class IV) and consider them for appointment without insisting upon that their names should be sponsored by the Employment. Counsel for the Petitioners:MR.B.SHIVA KUMAR Counsel for the Respondents: The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.891 of 2006 ORDER: Sri B.Shiva Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioners, submits that the writ petition has become infructuous. Recording the submission, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. There shall be no order as to costs. ______________________ L.NARASIMHA REDDY,J 20.06.2008 v v To 1 Zonal Manager, Bank of India, Zonal Manager's office 10-50-51, Krishna Bhavan, 1st Floor Waltair, Visakhapatnam-2 2 Branch Manager, Bank of Inida Harbor Road Branch Visakhapatnam. 3 Branch Manager, Bank of India, Bhanugidi Junction Branch Kakinada. 4 Branch Manager, Bank of India, Gandhinagar Branch, Gandhinagar, Vijayawda. 5 2 CCs to 6 2 CD copies.