IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO : 4170 of 2008 Between: P.Jalander Reddy,S/o.P.Pulla Reddy, R/o.Rajannagudem Village, Mothkur Mandal, Nalgonda District., ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Central Power Distribution Company of AP Ltd., rep by its Chairman & Managing Director, Red Hills, Hyderabad- 500 004. 2 Central Power Distribution Company of AP Ltd., rep by its Superintending Engineer, Operation Circle, Nalgonda. .....RESPONDENT(S) 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 call for the records from the 2nd respondent and issue an appropriate Writ, Order or Direction, particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring that the Order passed by the 2nd respondent in proceedings Lr.No.SE/OP/NLG/ADM/U3/D.No.1007/2007, dated 16-8-2007, refusing to interview the petitioner to the post of Junior Lineman on contract basis on the ground that he is over-aged as illegal, unjust, contrary to law, arbitrary, discriminatory and violative of Articles 14, 16 and 21 of the Constitution of India as illegal, unjust, contrary to law, arbitrary, discriminatory and violative of Articles 14, 16, and 21 of the Constitution; and grant all consequential benefits, and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.A.K.JAYAPRAKASH RAO Counsel for the Respondent Nos.1 & 2: MR.P.R.BALARAMI REDDY The Court made the following : ORDER: Learned counsel on either side fairly conceded that the issue that arises for consideration in this writ petition is squarely covered by a Judgment of this Court rendered in WP.No.8259 of 2007 and batch, dated 7.12.2007. Therefore, this writ petition may be allowed in terms of the above Judgment. In view of the same, the respondents are directed to consider for granting relaxation of age, for the purpose of reckoning upper age limit, to the extent of the period of service rendered by the petitioner in the organization and he shall be appointed as Contract Junior Lineman, if he satisfies the other criteria, either in the existing or future vacancies (as soon as the one year period of contract as per the notifications is elapsed). Further, it is made clear that except the age relaxation, petitioner is not entitled for any other concession. The writ petition is allowed accordingly. No costs. ___________ 28-02-2008 rkk ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1 Central Power Distribution Company of AP Ltd., rep by its Chairman & Managing Director, Red Hills, Hyderabad- 500 004. 2 Central Power Distribution Company of AP Ltd., rep by its Superintending Engineer, Operation Circle, Nalgonda. 3.2CD copies