THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO WRIT PETITION No. 6595 OF 2005 O R D E R: This Writ Petition has been instituted seeking a writ of mandamus for declaring the action of Respondents 1 to 3 in not appointing the writ petitioner as a Junior Plant Attendant as illegal. The petitioner also sought for a consequential direction to the respondents to appoint him forthwith as a Junior Plant Attendant. The case of the writ petitioner is that he has passed the Electrician trade test, conducted in the month of February 1997 and a trade certificate in Electrician Trade has also been issued to him by the State Council for Vocational Training (SCVT) and hence, he ought to have been considered for appointment as a Junior Plant Attendant, whereas the respondents have appointed him only as a Mazdoor. It is further asserted that the Chief Engineer sought for a clarification as to whether the writ petitioner can be treated to have acquired ITI trade certificate in Electrician trade, from the Director of Employment and Training, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad and that the Director, in turn, has clarified that the certificate produced by the writ petitioner is a genuine one and hence, the writ petitioner ought to have been treated as qualified to be appointed as Junior Plant Attendant. Therefore, he finds fault with the rejection of his candidature ordered by the Chief Engineer, through his memo dated 21.12.2000. The respondents have pointed out that the writ petitioner has produced the certificate issued by the SCVT, but however, he has claimed in his application to have passed ITI (Electrician) trade and on the basis and strength of the certificate issued by the SCVT, he seeks appointment as a Plant Attendant. In the counter-affidavit, it has been clarified that pursuant to the communication sent up by the Chief Engineer to the Director of Employment and Training, Hyderabad on 30.11.2004, a reply has been received from the Regional Deputy Director (Apprenticeship), Hyderabad, on 25.02.2005 informing that the writ petitioner has appeared as a private candidate from the Government ITI, Old City, Hyderabad center and he was accorded the certificate by the SCVT. It is further clarified that the certificate granted by the SCVT is only an eligibility certificate to render the candidates eligible to appear for the examination to be conducted by the National Council for Vocational Training (NCVT) which, ultimately, accords ITI certificate. Therefore, it is asserted in the counter that the writ petitioner cannot be treated as eligible to be appointed as a Junior Plant Attendant for which post, ITI certificate in Electrician trade is required to be possessed. ITI trade certificates are issued by the National Council for Vocational Training (NCVT) based upon the performance of the students, who have undergone the necessary training in the industrial training institutes. What has been accorded to the writ petitioner is a certificate in Electrician trade by the State Council for Vocational Training. It is not the same as possessing ITI certificate granted by the NCVT. I, therefore, do not find any merit in this Writ Petition. Until and unless the writ petitioner secures ITI certificate accorded by the NCVT, he cannot claim to possess the necessary qualifications for appointment as a Junior Plant Attendant. It is undoubtedly a technical post requiring the necessary trade certificate, without which no person can be treated as eligible to be appointed. I, therefore, dismiss this Writ Petition, but however, without costs. --------------------------------------- (NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO, J) 21st October 2010 ksld THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO WRIT PETITION NO.17066 OF 2010 DATED: 20th July, 2010.