2IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY SEVENTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE K.C. BHANU WRIT PETITION NO : 9789 of 2005 Between: 1 G.Ramana . S/o.Appanna 19, Port Quarter Salagrampuram, Simhagiri Colony, Visakhapatnam 2 KBuchi babu. S/o.K.Appanna 19/53, Port Quarter ,Salagrampuram, Visakhapatnam 3 B.V.S.S.Prasad. S/o.Guru Murthy R/o.Gopalapatnam, Visakhapatnam 4 N.Padmavathi, D/o.Suryanarayana 19/53, Port Quarter ,Salagrampuram, Visakhapatnam-24 5 K.V.V.S.V.Parameswari D/o.Achari Bank Quarters, Visakhapatnam. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Chairman, Visakhapatnam Port trust, Visakhapatnam. 2 Board Of Trustees, Visakhapatnam, Rep. by its Chairman, Port Trust, Visakhapatnam. .....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 a writ, order or direction, declaring the action of the respondents in not giving preference to the petitioners herein the matter of employment in the respondent organization on the ground that the petitioner herein did not figure as petitioners in W.P.Nos.5968/92 and 7949/2000 as illegal, arbitrary, unreasonable and Violative of Arts.14,16,21 of the Constitution of India besides being opposed to the directions of this Hon'ble Court passed in W.P.No.5968/92, dt.10-7-96 and consequentially direct the respondents herein to consider the cases of the petitioner for employment in any suitable posts by giving preference as per the directions of this Hon'ble Court in W.P.No.5968/92 and in the light of the New Recruitment Policy enunciated by the respondents in Proceedings F2/DR/2004, dt.13-10-2004 and pass such other order or orders. Counsel for the Petitioners :Mr.A.SREEDHAR Counsel for the Respondents : MR.P.SRI RAGHU RAM The Court at the stage of admission made the following : ORDER: Seeking to declare the action of the respondent in not giving preference to the petitioners herein the matter of employment in the respondent organization on the ground that the petitioner herein did not figure as petitioners in W.P.Nos.5968/92 and 7949/2000 as illegal and arbitrary, the present writ petition is filed. Heard the counsel for the petitioner and the learned counsel for the respondents. It is brought to the notice of the court that appropriate decision has to be taken by the respondents in accordance with rules and regulations governing the recruitment. Therefore, without entering into the merits of the case, I feel it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition by giving a direction to the respondents to take appropriate decision within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. _______________ K.C.BHANU, J. Dated: 27..04..2005. Note: CC within two days. (B/O) RNS To 1 The Chairman, Visakhapatnam Port trust, Visakhapatnam. 2 The Chairman, Board Of Trustees, Visakhapatnam, Port Trust, Visakhapatnam. 3 Two CD copies 4 One CC to MR.SREEDHAR