IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE K.C. BHANU WRIT PETITION NO : 9722 of 2002 Between: 1. B.Satyanarayana S/o. Appalanaidu, age 29 years, SC, 5/116, R.R.V.Puram, Visakhapatnam – 29. 2. S.Appa Rao S/o. Gangu Naidu, Age 25 years, SC, Gullupalli Village, K.Kotapadu Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. 3. M. Kanaka Raju S/o Mulaiah, Age 24 years, OC, 7-24, Chinamusidiwada, Pendurthi Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. 4. N.Kanaka Raju S/o Mutyalu, Age 22 years, Rampuram, Pendurthi Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. 5. B.Sanyasi Raju S/o Appalanaidu, Age 22 years, OBC, Rampuram, Pendurthi Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. 6. N.Kanaka Raju S/o Naidu, Age 24 years, OBC, Rampuram, Pendurthi Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. 7. J. Ravi Kumar S/o Suryanarayana, Age 24 years, OBC, Chinamusidivada village, Pendurthi Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. 8. D.M.L.Naidu S/o Appalanaidu, Age 25 years, OBC, Jukkada Post, Pendurthi Mandal, Visakhapatnam District. 9. K.Srinivasa Rao S/o Satyam, Age 22 years, 18/13/10, M.R.Pet, Visakhapatnam District City. ..... PETITIONERS AND The Commandant, Executive Officer for commander, Coastguard-DHQ 6-AP, C/o Fleet Mail Office, Visakhapatnam, A.P., 5300014. .....RESPONDENT 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 appropriate writ or order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus to declare the action of the respondent in not following the law laid down by the Apex Court and the Central Government instructions issued and not sending interview call letters to all the petitioners and not allowing the petitioners to test interview for the posts of IC Fitter (Skilled Trades Men) and to fill up these posts through employment exchange alone as illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional and consequently direct the respondent to issue interview call letters and to allow the petitioners to appear to test and interview for the posts of IC Fitter (Skilled Trades Men) without insisting that the petitioners names should be sponsored by the Employment Exchange and consider appointment if selected in the interview. Counsel for the Petitioners: MR.K.NAGESWARA REDDY Counsel for the Respondent: MR KRANTHI NARAHARI The Court made the following: ORDER: The prayer in the main writ petition is to permit the petitioners to write the examination and participate in the interview. As per the orders of this Court in W.P.M.P.No.11957 of 2002, dated 21-05- 2002, all the petitioners were called for interview/test for the post of IC ITI Fitter at headquarters. Since the prayer in the interim relief and the prayer in the main relief is one and the same and the interim prayer has already been complied with, no further orders are necessary in this writ petition. Hence, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. No order as to costs. _____________ K.C.BHANU, J Dated June 24, 2005. YCR Copy to: 1. The Commandant, Executive Officer for commander, Coastguard-DHQ 6-AP, C/o Fleet Mail Office, Visakhapatnam, A.P., 5300014. 2. Two C.D. copies.