THE HON'BLE Ms. JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 2697 OF 2003 Dated: 17.09.2010 Between: O.Shiva Ganga Bhavani ..... PETITIONER AND The Chief Executive Officer, AP Rural Poverty Reduction Programme, Hyderabad and others .....RESPONDENTS The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 2697 OF 2003 ORDER: This writ petition is filed seeking a mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not sending the petitioner for training along with other selected candidates as Community Co-ordinator Trainee, is arbitrary and illegal. In the counter affidavit filed on behalf of the respondents, it is stated that the petitioner was found to be not suited for undergoing training as a Community Co-ordinator and she did not have the aptitude to discharge the functions required of the post. Moreover, the petitioner did not possess the requisite qualification of three years experience in working with NGOs involved in organizing the poor into Self Help Groups. Therefore, the petitioner was not eligible for selection as Community Co-ordinator Trainee. No reply affidavit has been filed by the petitioner contradicting the stand taken by the respondents in the counter affidavit. In the circumstances, the impugned action of the respondents in not sending the petitioner for training cannot be held to be arbitrary or illegal and accordingly, the Writ Petition is dismissed. No costs. ___________ G. ROHINI, J Date: 17.09.2010 Ivd