IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM WRIT PETITION NO : 1875 of 2008 Between: Smt. K. Nancharamma W/o. Late Satyanarayana R/o. Kuduru Village, Pedana Mandalam Krishna District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Joint Collector,Krishna District, at Machilipatnam. 2 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Machilipatnam, Krishna District. 3. Smt. Jogi Vijayalakshmi w/o Srinivasa Rao, 35 years, r/o Koduru village, Pedana mandal, Krishna district. (R.3 is impleaded as per Court order dt. 10/3/2008 in WPMP 6361/08) .....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 to issue writ order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not allowing the petitioner for the interview held on 29-1-2008 for the post of Fair Price Shop dealer of Kuduru Village , Pedana Mandal, Krishna District as illegal, arbitrary unjust and consequently direct the respondents to consider the appoint the petitioner as Fair Price Shop Dealer of Kuduru Village, Pedana Mandal, Krishna District and to grant such other relief or reliefs as this Hon'ble Court deems fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.C.RAGHU Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR CIVIL SUPPLIES The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM W.P.No. 1875 of 2008 Oral Order: This writ petition is filed alleging that despite the application for grant of authorization to a vacant fair price shop of Kuduru village, Pedana Mandal, Krishna District which was notified on 08-01-2008, she was not permitted to appear for the interview scheduled on 29-01-2008 for grant of authorization. The 2nd respondent has filed a counter affidavit wherein the answering respondent clearly asserts that an interview was conducted on 29-01-2008 at Revenue Divisional Officer’s Office, Bandar and therein out of eight (8) applicants, only four (4) candidates attended the interview. The petitioner and three others did not attend the interview. The answering respondent clearly and categorically denies the allegation of the petitioner that she was not allowed to attend the interview on 29-01-2008. In view of the clear and categorical averment in the counter affidavit to which no demurral is recorded by the petitioner, no case is made out for grant of relief sought in the writ petition. The writ petition is devoid of merits and is accordingly dismissed. No costs. ____________________ GODA RAGHURAM, J Dated: 19-08-2008 pvks