IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE ELEVENTH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 13653 of 1999 Between: 1 U.V.S.Muralidhara Sastry, S/o. Annapa Sastry, R/o. 1-4-54A, R.T.C. Work Shop Road, K.K. Nagar, Vijayawada-12, Krishna District. 2 Eswarapragada Laxminarsimha Murthy, S/o. Nageswara Rao Near Ramakrishna Kshetram, Vidhyadharapuram, Vijaywada, Krishna District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Govt. of A.P. rep. by its Secretary Endowments Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Commissioner of Endowments Tilk Road, Abids, Hyderabad. 3 The Executive Officer Sri Durgamalleswara Swamyvarla Devasthanam, Inderkeldri Vijayawada, Krishna District. 4 Devambtala Seeta Ramanjaneya Sharma, Durgamalleswara Swamyvarla Devasthanam, Indrakeladri, Vijayawada, Krishna District. 5 Sankaramanchi Sivaprasad, Durgamalleswara Swamyvarla Devasthanam, Indrakeladri, Vijayawada, Krishna District. .....RESPONDENTS 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 may be pleased to issue a Writ or Order or direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Certiorari quashing the proceedings issued by the 2nd respondent herein in file No.A1/62565/97 dated 14.6.99 and consequently set aside the appointments of the respondents 4 and 5 herein and direct the official respondents herein to appoint the petitioners herein in the Posts of Archaka and Paricharika. Counsel for the Petitioner : MR.A.SATYA PRASAD Counsel for the Respondents : MR.METTACHENDRA SEKHAR RAO The Court made the following : HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 13653 of 1999 ORDER : In this writ petition, petitioners have questioned the order of 2nd respondent dated 14.06.1999 and the consequential order passed by the 3rd respondent dated 17.06.1999 in appointing respondents 4 and 5 as Paricharikas in Sri Durgamalleswara Swamy Devasthanam, Indrakeeladri, Vijayawada, Krishna District. 2. The petitioners claimed priority over respondents 4 and 5 on the ground that they possess better qualification than respondents 4 and 5. Even the copies of impugned orders are not available, but however, in the counter affidavit filed on behalf of respondents, it is stated that all the vacancies were notified in the newspapers and the applications were considered by a duly constituted Selection Committee, constituted by the Commissioner, Endowments Department. It is stated that as many as 77 applications have been received and the petitioners as well as respondents 4 and 5 have attended the interview before the Selection Committee on 10.06.1999. It is stated that based on the performance in the interview, the Selection Committee recommended the candidature of respondents 4 and 5, as they secured more marks than the petitioners and in view of the same, they were appointed and orders were issued to that effect. 3. Except stating that the petitioners possess better qualification than respondents 4 and 5, no other irregularity is pointed out in the selection process so as to assail the validity of the appointment of respondents 4 and 5. 4. In that view of the matter, I do not find any merit in this writ petition. The writ petition is devoid of merit and it is accordingly dismissed. No order as to costs. _____________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J 11th June 2008. ajr To 1 The Secretary, Endowments Department, Govt. of A.P. Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Commissioner of Endowments, Tilk Road, Abids, Hyderabad. 3 The Executive Officer, Sri Durgamalleswara Swamyvarla Devasthanam, Inderkeldri Vijayawada, Krishna District.