THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 18264 of 1997 Dated: 01.03.2007 Between: Ch. Sudhakar & another. … Petitioners AND Zonal Manager, South Central Zonal Office, LIC of India, Saifabad, Hyderabad & others. … Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 18264 of 1997 ORDER:- The petitioners in this writ petition have sought for the following substantive relief: “It is therefore prayed that this Hon’ble Court may be pleased to issue a writ, order or direction especially one in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring that the petitioners are entitled to regularize their service as was done in the case of people who are termed as Non-test category people namely Sri Wangnchung Bhutia, G.Vishnuvardhan etc., and non regularizing their services as illegal, arbitrary and violative of Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India and further declare that the termination of the petitioners services is violative of Section 25-F of the Industrial Disputes Act and further held that we are entitled for preferential appointments under Section 25-H of the Industrial Disputes Act and pass such order or further orders as this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case.” Learned counsel for the petitioners called absent both in the forenoon and afternoon. Learned counsel for the respondents submitted that in a similar writ petition viz., W.P.No.15360 of 1997, this Court rejected a similar relief by dismissing the writ petition. A copy of this order is made available to the Court by the learned counsel. I have perused the order wherein a similar dispute was raised in the writ petition i.e., the petitioners therein challenged non-consideration of their cases and appointment of 13 persons as Assistants and Typists in Life Insurance Corporation of India. The learned Single Judge after discussing the entire controversy dismissed the writ petition. Following the same, this writ petition is also dismissed. No costs. _____________________________ C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 01.03.2007 ES