THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.23714 OF 2004 DATED 12th NOVEMBER, 2009 BETWEEN: Kumari Zebunnissa … Petitioner A n d The Estate Officer, GAD, Hyderabad and Secunderabad, At Khairatabad, Hyderabad, And others. …Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.23714 OF 2004 O R D E R This writ petition was filed by one Kumari Zebunnissa, the sister of the deceased employee, Akram Ahmed, seeking a direction to the Commissioner, Government Printing Press, Hyderabad, to consider her case for appointment on compassionate grounds to any post based on the qualifications possessed by her. During the pendency of the writ petition, Rahmath Shabeen, the widow of the deceased employee, got impleaded as Respondent No.5 staking a rival claim for compassionate appointment. As Sri N.Venkatrayudu, learned counsel for the petitioner, had expired this Court directed issuance of notice to the petitioner on 29.01.2009. Pursuant to the said order, notice was issued by registered post with acknowledgment due on 30.01.2009, but the said notice was returned unserved with the endorsement that the addressee had left. In the absence of the petitioner and her counsel, the matter cannot be adjudicated. In spite of the efforts initiated by this Court, notice could not be served upon the petitioner. In such circumstances, this Court has no option but to dismiss the writ petition for non-prosecution. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed for non-prosecution. There shall be no order as to costs. -------------------------- SANJAY KUMAR,J 12th NOVEMBER, 2009 PGS THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.23714 OF 2004 12th NOVEMBER, 2009