IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION NO : 3294 of 2009 Between: 1 N. Gangadhar S/o. N. Hanumandlu R/o.H.No.1-3-131/11, Shastrinagar, Nirmal, Adilabad District. 2 A. Venkat Reddy S/o. Channa Reddy R/o.H.No. 4-1-30/1, Naidwada, Nirmal, Adilabad District. 3 D. Nirmala W/o. Mallikarjun R/o. Ashirwad Building, IIIrd R.D.Lane, Ramanthapur Near Public School, Hyderabad. 4 N. Raju S/o. Hanumandlu R/o.H.No.1-3-131/11, Shastrinagar, Nirmal, Adilabad District. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 Chairman and Managing Director, APNPDCL, Warangal. 2 The Superintending Engineer, Operation Circle, APNPDCL, Adilabad. .....RESPONDENT(S) Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly a Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in trying to allot the manning and maintenance works of 33/11 KV sub-stations in Adilabad Circle to the un-qualified contractors who are not fulfilling all the conditions stipulated in the tender notification No.03/2008-09 of SE/OP/Adilabad issued by the 2nd respondent as illegal, arbitrary, unjust, perverse, against the principles of natural justice and contrary to the conditions stipulated in the tender specifications issued by the 2nd respondent and consequently direct the respondent herein to allot the manning and maintenance works of 33/11 KV sub-stations in Adilabad Circle to the eligible contractors who are fulfilling all the conditions stipulated in the tender notification No.03/2008-09 of SE/OP/Adilabad issued by the 2nd respondent including the EPF Code numbers issued by the EPF authority in the interest of justice and pass Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.S.SURENDER REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.: O.MANOHAR REDDY(SC FOR APTRANSCO) The Court made the following : O R D E R:- The main grievance of the petitioners is that though they are registered contractors, having experience in the filed of Manning and Maintenance of Sub-stations, and that they have submitted their representation dated 22.1.2009 requesting the 2nd respondent to allot them the manning and maintenance works of 33/11 KV Sub-Stations in Adilabad circle, the respondents, ignoring their cases, are trying to allot the work to the unqualified contractors, who are not fulfilling all the conditions stipulated in the Tender Notification 03/2008-09 of SE/OP/Adilabad issued by the 2nd respondent. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Standing Counsel for Andhra Pradesh Northern Power Distribution Company Limited, appearing for the respondents. The learned Standing Counsel submitted that the respondents will certainly follow all the conditions stipulated in the Tender Notification and allot the works to the qualified contractors, for which they require some time, but this writ petition is filed even before the process of allotment of work is completed. The petitioners, admittedly, made a representation to the 2nd respondent only on 22.01.2009, and it is too premature to say that the 2nd respondent would not act on their representation, and allot the work to ineligible contractors. The petitioners, without even giving sometime to the respondents to act on their representation, have filed the present writ petition. Hence, this writ petition is premature, and the same is accordingly closed. No costs. ______________ N.V.RAMANA, J 19th February, 2009 bcj