IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO : 2164 of 1999 Between: 1 K. Muralidhar S/o. K. Aswarthu, R/o. Puppala Post & Village, Yadiki Mandal, Ananthapur District. 2 B.V. Nageswara Rao S/o. B.V.S. Prasada Rao, R/o. Quarter No. 58-A, Tadepalli, Railway Quarters, Tadepalli - 522 501, Guntur District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 Union of India Rep. by its Chief Security Commissioner, Railway Protection Force, South Central Railway, Railnilayam, Secunderabad. 2 Recruitment Selection Committee-96, Railway Protection Force, South Central Railway, Railnilayam, Secunderabad. 3 The Director General, Railway Protection Force, Railway Board, Rail Bhavan, New Delhi R3 is impleaded as per Court orders dt 8-12-2004 .....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 issue a Writ, order or direction more particularly one in the Nature of Writ of Mandamus to set-aside the selections by declaring that the selections made by the Respondents in pursuant to notification No. 2/96, dated 20.11.1996 of the first Respondent being on the para 16 of the Circular Nos.86/Sec(E) RC-3/6, dated 25-9- 1996 and No.86/Sec (E)/RC-3/6, dated 9-6-1997 issued by the Respondent No.3 contrary to the rules as illegal, arbitrary and violative of Article 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the Respondents to re-conduct the selections on zonal basis by conducting common examination, common interview etc., and pass such other or further orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.J.M.NAIDU Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.GOURI SHANKAR SANGHI The Court made the following : THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WP.No.2164 of 1999 ORDER: The issue involved in this writ petition is squarely covered by the judgment of this Court delivered in WP.No. 26341 of 1998 dated 20-6-2005. Therefore, this writ petition is disposed of in terms of the said Judgment. No costs. ________________ 01st July, 2005 grk To 1 Union of India Rep. by its Chief Security Commissioner, Railway Protection Force, South Central Railway, Railnilayam, Secunderabad. 2 Recruitment Selection Committee-96, Railway Protection Force, South Central Railway, Railnilayam, Secunderabad. 3 The Director General, Railway Protection Force, Railway Board, Rail Bhavan, New Delhi R3 is impleaded as per Court orders dt 8-12-2004 4. 2 CD copies 5. 1 CC to MR.GOURI SHANKAR SANGHI Form-NIC-OGS/WP{MPL}