IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION NO : 6005 of 1999 Between: 1 K.R.Kumar, S/o Suryanarayana, Demonstration cum Production Centre, Coir Board, Rustumbada, Narsapur, W.G.District. 2 K.Koteshwer Rao, S/o Gopal Rao, Demonstration cum Production Centre, Coir Board, Rustumbada, Narsapur, W.G.District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Secretary, Coir Board, P.B.No.1752, M.G.Road, Kochin, Kerala State. 2 The Dy.Regional Officer, DCPC, Coir Board, Rustumbada, Narsapur, W.G.District. .....RESPONDENTS Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court may be pleased to issue an order or direction more particularly one in the nature of writ of mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not regularising the petitioners service as 'Helper' in DCPC, Coir Board, Narsapur, W.G.District and giving artificial services breaks is bad, arbitrary, illegal, unjust and unreasonable and consequently direct the respondents to give time scale of pay attached to the post (Helper) of the petitioners w.e.f. completion of 240 days of petitioners initial service by paying the arrears of salary and pass such other order or orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Counsel for the Petitioners:MR.P.VENKATESWAR RAO Counsel for the Respondents: MR.A.RAJASHEKAR REDDY (ASST SOLICITOR GEN) The Court made the following : ORDER: Sri K.Ramakrishna, learned counsel appearing on behalf of Sri P.Venkateswar Rao, learned counsel for the petitioners, submits that the writ petition has become infructuous. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. _______________________ (RAMESH RANGANATHAN,J) 22nd February, 2008 v v To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies