HON’BLE SHRI G.S.SINGHVI, THE CHIEF JUSTICE Writ Petition No.6356 of 1998 Between: S.N.Shekhar and others …Petitioners AND A.P.Transco, rep. by its Director, Viyut Soudha, Somajiguda, Hyderabad and another. …Respondents ORDER Counsel for petitioners : None Counsel for respondents : Shri Samineni Kishore 17-10-2006 In this petition, the petitioners have prayed for issue of a mandamus to the respondents to appoint them as Junior Linemen/Helpers in the services of Andhra Pradesh State Electricity Board. Since no one has appeared for the petitioners, the writ petition is dismissed in default. As a sequel to dismissal of the writ petition, all the miscellaneous petitions filed by the petitioners as also the vacate petition filed by the respondents are disposed of as infructuous. While dismissing the writ petition in the manner indicated above, I deem it proper to record the statement of Shri Samineni Kishore that by an order dated 31-03-1999 issued by the erstwhile Andhra Pradesh State Electricity Board, all the petitioners except petitioner No.4 were appointed as Linemen/Helpers and petitioner No.4 was appointed vide order dated 21-08-2002 and further the services of all the petitioners have been regularised with effect from 21-12-2004. G.S.SINGHVI, CJ 17-10-2006 bsc