THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU W.P.No.26245 of 1998 ORAL ORDER: This writ petition is filed seeking a Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not promoting the petitioner as Assistant Engineer in District Scheduled Caste Cooperative Society Ltd., Visakhapatnam as arbitrary and illegal and consequently direct the respondents to consider the claim of the petitioner and promote him to the post of Assistant Engineer in the two existing vacant posts in the said society. It appears, petitioner was appointed as Technical Work Inspector with effect from 6.1.1990 in the Sub-Division of Visakhapatnam and later his services were regularized in that cadre with effect from 28.1.1991. Now it is the case of the petitioner that he is fully qualified and eligible for being promoted to the post of Assistant Engineer. In all there are four sanctioned vacancies of Assistant Engineers in Visakhapatnam Sub-Division. The first vacancy was occupied by one V.Adinarayana and the second vacancy by one U.Satyanarayana and two other posts are vacant. Since, he is fully qualified and eligible to be promoted as Assistant Engineer, he made representations to the respondents in April 1997, December 1997, July 1998, August 1998, 9.9.1998 and on 28.3.1998, but they all went in vain. Hence this writ petition. No counter is filed by the respondents. In view of the assertions made by the petitioner, without expressing any opinion on merits, the respondents are directed to consider the representations purported to have been made by the petitioner for being promoted to the post of Assistant Engineer, if he is otherwise eligible, and pass appropriate orders, as per law, within a period of three weeks from the date of receipt of this order, if not already promoted. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. No order as to costs. ______________ C.V.RAMULU, J Date: 26.9.2007 DA THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU W.P.No.26245 of 1998 26.9.2007 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU W.P.No.26245 of 1998 Date: 26th September, 2007 Between: V.Venugopal .. Petitioner And District Collector & Chairman, District Scheduled Caste Coop. Society Ltd., Visakhapatnam & others. .. Respondents