THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.9468 OF 2006 DATED 19TH OCTOBER, 2010 BETWEEN K.Nagaraju and others … Petitioners And The Government of Andhra Pradesh, Rep. by its Secretary, Education Dept., Secretariat, Saifabad, Hyderabad and Others. … Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO.9468 OF 2006 ORDER: The petitioners seek a declaration that the action of the respondents in not approving their selections made by the competent authority as illegal and seek a consequential direction to appoint them to the posts to which they were selected. By interim order dated 28.04.2006, this Court directed status quo to be maintained taking into account the similar order passed by a Division Bench of this Court in Writ Appeal No.1578 of 2005 on 26.04.2006. It is stated that petitioner No.3 has already been appointed and that the lis survives only to the extent of petitioner Nos.1 and 2. In that view of the matter, this order shall be limited to petitioner Nos.1 and 2. It is stated by the learned counsel for the petitioners that the Writ Appeal No.1578 of 2005 along with a batch of cases was dismissed by a Division Bench of this Court on 29.12.2006, holding that the ban imposed on the recruitment against existing vacancies was not applicable to the cases in which permission had already been granted by the concerned authority. The Bench also quashed the exercise of rationalization undertaken by the authorities which is sought to be pressed into service to defeat the claim of the petitioners. The petitioners were successful in the selections held on 30.08.2004. However the same could not be given effect by duly appointing them owing to the so-called ban orders imposed under the Government Memo dated 20.10.2004, which aspect has been dealt with by the Division Bench. Needless to state, under Rule 12(8) of the Rules contained in G.O.Ms.No.1 dated 01.01.1994 the selections of the petitioners would be deemed to have been approved by the competent authority. It is stated that petitioner Nos.1 and 2 are continuing to work in the fifth respondent school without the benefit of regular appointment. In the light of the law laid down by the Division Bench of this Court in the Judgment dated 29.12.2006 passed in Writ Appeal No.1578 of 2005 and batch, there shall be a direction to the respondents to consider the cases of petitioner Nos.1 and 2 for regular appointment in terms of the selections held on 30.08.2004. This exercise shall be completed within six (6) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. The Writ Petition is disposed of with the aforestated direction. No costs. ____________________ SANJAY KUMAR, J. 19TH OCTOBER, 2010 VGSR/PGS