@#@#@#@#@#@#@ THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE S.ANANDA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO :17190 of 2005 DATED:09-08-2005 Between: 1. Pidugu Rajendra Prasad and 2 others ..... PETITIONERS AND 1. The Director (PA & W), The Singareni Collieries Co., Ltd., Kotagudem Collieries and another. .....RESPONDENTS @#@#@#@#@#@#@ HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE S.ANANDA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO:17190 of 2005 ORDER: This writ petition is filed by the petitioners seeking a writ of Mandamus directing the respondents to allow the petitioners to appear for the test as well as the interview, for being selected to the post of Electrician Trainee CAT-I/Fitter Trainee CAT-I in respect of the first respondent organization, which are scheduled to be conducted in the third week of August, 2005. 2. According to the petitioners, they are unemployed and are qualified to hold the post of Electrician. But when the petitioners approached the first respondent seeking permission to appear for the written test as well as for interview, their cases were not being considered. Therefore, the petitioners have come up with the present writ petition seeking a direction to the first respondent to consider their cases without insisting for being sponsored by the employment exchange. 3. Heard both sides. 4. The learned Standing Counsel for the first respondent, however, stated that the petitioners did not make any application showing their qualification as to the eligibility for the post for which they are also making a claim. 5 . Under the above circumstances, the petitioners are directed to make applications to the first respondent specifying their qualifications and eligibility, and on such applications being made by the petitioners, the first respondent is directed to consider the petitioners for appointment by allowing them to participate in the test and interview that are being conducted by the first respondent, without insisting the petitioners being sponsored by the employment exchange. 6. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. No order as to costs. __________________ S.ANANDA REDDY, J 09th August, 2005 NOTE: Furnish C.C. by two days. B/o. SKM