IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF APRIL, TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE K.C. BHANU WRIT PETITION NO : 10012 of 2005 Between: 1 R.Simon S/o.Rayappa Under 33 abolished categories, Kothagudem Thermal Power Station, C.Station Paloncha, R/o.Guttaigudem, Khammam. 2 Doli Siva Kumar S/o.D.Ilaiah Under 33 abolished categories, Kothagudem Thermal Power Station, C.Station,Kothagudem Guttaigudem, Paloncha, Khammam. 3 M.Gurvapam S/o.Veeraiah Under 33 abolished categories, Kothagudem Thermal Power Station, C.Station Old Plant Sanjeevaiah Colony,Paloncha, Khammam. 4 Bandari Madhava Rao S/o.Nagabhshanam Under 33 abolished categories, Kothagudem Thermal Power Station, C.Station Paloncha B.Station Old Plant, Guttaigudem, Paloncha, Khammam. 5 M.Nageswara Rao S/o.Anantha Ramaiah Under 33 abolished categories, KTPS Old Plant Paloncha,Khammam Dist. 6 Ch.Nageswara Rao S/o.Muthaiah Under 33 abolished categories, Kothagudem Thermal Power Station, C.Station Old Plant,Gattaiagudem, Sanjeevaiah Colony,Paloncha, Khammam. 7 Penka Venkateswarlu S/o.Rosaiah Under 33 abolished categories, Thermal Power Station, C.Station Old Plant, Guttaigudem, Khammam. 8 A.Rajendra Prasad S/o.Krishna Murthy Under 33 abolished categories, Thermal Power Station, C.Station Old Plant, Guttaigudem, Sanjeevaiah Colony, Paloncha, Khammam. 9 Mariyam Joseph S/o. M.Das KTPS, Paloncha Khammam District ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 The Managing Director A.P.Power Generation Corporation Ltd., Vidyuth Soudha Somajiguda Hyderabad. 2 The Chief Engineer,Operation & Maintenance Kothagudem Thermal Power Station Paloncha Khammam District .....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 issue writ, order or direction in the nature of writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the 1st respondent in not disposing the representation dated 10-2-2004 filed by the petitioner issued by the 2nd respondent rejecting the case of the petitioner for absorption in the employment of the respondent corporation as arbitrary, illegal and consequently direct the 1st respondent to dispose of the petitioner appeal dt.10-2- 2004. Counsel for the Petitioner:V.HIMABINDU Counsel for the Respondent Nos.1 and 2: SMTE.URMILA The Court at the admission stage made the following O R D E R: This writ petition is filed seeking a Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the first respondent in not disposing of the representation dated 10.02.2004 of the petitioner as illegal and arbitrary. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned standing counsel appearing for the respondents. Respondents have to take appropriate decision on the representation in accordance with the rules and regulations. Hence, without entering into the merits of the case, the writ petition is disposed of directing the first respondent to dispose of the representation dated 10.02.2004 in accordance with the rules and regulations within a period a period of two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. No order as to costs. _______________ (K.C.BHANU,J) Dt:28th April, 2005 usd To 1 The Managing Director A.P.Power Generation Corporation Ltd., Vidyuth Soudha Somajiguda Hyderabad. 2 The Chief Engineer, Operation & Maintenance Kothagudem Thermal Power Station Paloncha Khammam District. 3 2 CD copies 4 1 CC to HIMABINDU Form-NIC-OGS/WP{CHP}