IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 12307 of 2004 Between: S. Satyanarayana S/o Narasimha, Casual Mazdoor, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited O/o The DGM (TI) 1st Floor, Triveni Complex Abids, Hyderabad-500 001, R/o 1-3-176/84, Tallabasti, Hyderabad-500 080. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Chief General Manager, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, Door Sanchar Bhavan, Nampally Road, Hyderabad-500 001 2 The General Manager (Development), Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, 3rd Floor, Triveni Complex, Abids, Hyderabad-500 001 3 The Principal General Manager, Hyderabad Telecom District, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, Suryalok Complex, Abids, Hyderabad-500 001 .....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 particularly one in the nature of the Writ of Mandamus directing the respondents herein a) to Confer temporary status to the petitioner herein w.e.f. 01-08-1998 b) to treat the petitioner as Regular Mazdoor w.e.f. 01-10- 2000 on par with the candidates included in the list of 42 candidates as mentioned in Lr. dt 01-10-2002 with all consequential benefits and attendant benefits: c) by holding action of the respondent herein in confirming the benefits only to few including the petitioner's juniors and denying the same to the petitioner herein as bad, illegal arbitrary and unconstitutional. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.J.SUDHEER (not present) Counsel for the Respondents: MR.ARAJASHEKAR REDDY (SC FOR CG) The Court at the stage of admission made the following ORDER: None appears for the petitioner. This writ petition is filed by the petitioner seeking direction to the respondents to confer temporary status to him as on 01-08-1998 and regularization of his services on par with the applicants in O.A.No.935 of 2001 and O.A.No.1075 of 2001, which were filed before the Central Administrative Tribunal, High Court, Hyderabad, and the same were disposed of on 13-11-2002 and 28-11-2002 respectively. According to the petitioner, he is entitled to the similar relief as was passed in the above O.As though he is not a party to the said O.As. In view of the law declared by this Court in L.CHANDRA KUMAR v. UNION OF INDIA the present writ petition cannot be entertained, invoking the jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India and no relief can be granted to the petitioner. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed. However, proper remedy for the petitioner is to move the Central Administrative Tribunal as was done by the applicants in the above O.As. in the first instance. No costs. 18th NOVEMBER, 2004. kvni To 1 The Chief General Manager, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, Door Sanchar Bhavan, Nampally Road, Hyderabad-500 001 2 The General Manager (Development), Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, 3rd Floor, Triveni Complex, Abids, Hyderabad-500 001 3 The Principal General Manager, Hyderabad Telecom District, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, Suryalok Complex, Abids, Hyderabad-500 001 4 Two CD copies.