THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO W.P.No.25707 OF 1999 ORDER: This writ petition was listed up for hearing last week and none appeared, hence, it was ordered to be posted for dismissal today. Even today there was no representation on behalf of the petitioner. This writ petition has been instituted seeking a writ of mandamus for declaring the action of the respondent in not considering the candidature of the writ petitioner for the post of Peon Grade-III, in its Organization and confining the process of selection only to the candidates sponsored by the Employment Exchange, as bad in law. It is submitted by the writ petitioner that he passed S.S.C., examination and got his name registered with the District Employment Exchange, Rangareddy, on 26-07-1995 and that the respondent – National Small Industries Corporation Limited, a public sector undertaking of the Government of India, has notified a vacancy of peon Grade-III to the District Employment Exchange at Rangareddy, to be filled in by the method of open competition. Since, the scope of selection was sought to be confined only to those sponsored by the Employment Exchange, this writ petition has been instituted on the ground that though vacancies are required to be notified to the Employment Exchange, but at the same time, the vacancies are required to be notified for the other candidates also to compete. It will be appropriate to notice that while entertaining this writ petition on 16-12-1999, interim directions have been issued to consider the candidature of the writ petitioner also for appointment as peon Grade-III. In that view of the matter, the cause in the writ petition does not survive for further adjudication. Even otherwise, the Supreme Court in SUPERINTENDANT, MALKAPATNAM, KRISHNA DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH v. K.B.N. VISWESHWARA RAO AND OTHERS[1], laid the principle that while the vacancies are required to be compulsorily notified to the Employment Exchange, other candidates should also be provided an opportunity to compete, provided they have the necessary qualifications. In view of this principle and in view of the interim directions noticed supra, the claim of the writ petitioner also would have been considered and nothing survives for adjudication any further. The writ petition, therefore, stands dismissed. No costs. --------------------------------- Nooty Ramamohana Rao, J mrk 23rd June 2010 [1] 1996 (6) SCC 216