IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION NO : 15903 of 2006 Between: B. Suvarna Babu, S/o. B. Mathaiah, Syed Appala Swamy Degree College, Vijayawada, Resident of Vijayawada. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep by its Secretary to the Higher Education Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The Commissioner & Director of College Eduation, Nampally, Hyderabad. 3 The Regional Joint Director of Higher Education, Rajahmundry, East Godavari District. 4 Syed Appalaswamy Degree College, Vijayadwada, Rep by its Secretary & Correspondent .....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 to issue an order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus (a) Declare that the petitioner is fully eligible and qualiﬁed to be appointed as Lecturer in Economics in 4th respondent College in pursuance to the Advertisement isued by the 4th respondent college on 30-1-2006 b) direct the respondents to finalise the selections for the post of Lecture in Economics in 4th respondent college for the SC backlog vacancy strictly in accordance with the GO Ms. No. 214 dt. 8-5-2001 and upon such selections if the writ petitioner is selection and appointed, direct the respondents to appoint the writ petitioner as Lecturer in Economics with all consequential beneﬁts and pass such other order or orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem ﬁt and proper in the circumstances of the case and pass such other order or orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.ABHINAND KUMAR SHAVILI Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR HIGHER EDUCATION The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU W.P.No.15903 of 2006 ORAL ORDER: It is the case of the petitioner that along with others, he applied for the post of Lecturer in Economics pursuant to the advertisement issued by fourth respondent college on 30.1.2006, but the respondents are not ﬁnalizing the selections by following the guidelines laid down in G.O.Ms.No.214 dated 8.5.2001, which contemplates waiver of written test and interview for limited recruitment while filling up backlog vacancies. The learned counsel for petitioner states that the respondents are contemplating to conduct written test as well as interviews giving a go-bye to the guidelines laid down in G.O.Ms.No.214 dated 8.5.2001. In view of the above, without expressing any opinion on merits, the respondents are directed to consider the case of the petitioner and others those who have applied for the post of Lecturer in Economics in fourth respondent college without subjecting them to written test and interview as per the guidelines laid down in G.O.Ms.No.214 dated 8.5.2001 or any other G.O. governing the ﬁeld, as of today, and pass appropriate orders, as per law, within a period of (8) weeks from the date of receipt of this order and communicate the same to the petitioner. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. No order as to costs. _____________ C.V.RAMULU, J Date: 14.10.2008 DA THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU W.P.No.15903 of 2007 14.10.2008