THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE D.S.R.VARMA Writ Petition No.25426 of 1996 Dated: 12th July, 2006 Between: G.V.Prasad Sastry, S/o.Late Gandham Sastry, Aged about 57 years, Occ: Chief Manager, SBH, R/o.presently working at Visakhapatnam … Petitioner and The Managing Director, State Bank of Hyderabad, Gunfoundry, Head Office, Hyderabad-500 001 … Respondent THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE D.S.R.VARMA Writ Petition No.25426 of 1996 Oral Order: Heard. 2. The relief sought in this Writ Petition is a direction in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondent in adopting an irrational policy while conducting interviews and making promotions for various posts viz., Scale-III, Scale-IV, Scale-V and Scale-VI as illegal and arbitrary; and further a direction to the respondent to promote/regularize his promotion from Scale-III to Scale-IV with effect from 1984 and promote further from Scale-IV to Scale-V with effect from 1991. 3. As on the date of petition, the petitioner appears to be aged about 57 years and no interim orders have been granted in this Writ Petition and the appointments or promotions, as the case may be, which had taken place quite a long time back, cannot be unsettled at this length of time. 4. Hence, I feel that there is no reason to continue the Writ Petition. 5. Accordingly, this Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous. It is needless to state that the interim applications pending, if any, shall stand closed. No costs. _____________ D.S.R.VARMA, J 12th July, 2006. Ak