IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI ANIL R. DAVE, THE CHIEF JUSTICE and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 17047 of 2008 Between: Girijana Aikya Vedika, Andhra Pradesh, a Registered Society, Rep by its Coordinator K. Vivek Vinayak, S/o. K. Bheem Rao, Aged 42 years, Occ : Social Service, Office Address : D.No. 16-1-464, behind Venkateshwara Temple Saidabad, Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep by its Principal Secretary Tribal Welfare Department, Secretariat Building, Hyderabad. 2 The State of Andhra Pradesh, Rep by its Principal Secretary Finance Department, Secretariat Building, Hyderabad. 3 The Director Tribal Welfare, Office of the Director, Tribal Welfare, DSS Bhavan, Masab Tank, Hyderabad. .....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 an order, direction or writ more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, directing the respondents 1 & 2 to withdraw the impugned GO Ms.No. 38 Finance (SMPC) Department, dated 01-2- 2008 to the extent of the order of supressing the posts of Development oﬃcer in ITDA's at Parvathipuram in Vijayanagar, Paderu in Vishakapatnam, R.C. Varam in East Godavari, Badrachalam in Khammam, Eturnagaram in Warangal District and declare the GO Ms.No. 38 Finance (SMPC) Department as arbitrary and against the interest of Tribals and infringing the rights of the Tribals under, and as contrary to article 21 of the constitution of India Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.D.V.SUDHEER KUMAR Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR SOCIAL WELFARE The Court made the following : ORAL ORDER: (Per Sri Anil R. Dave, CJ) In this public interest litigation, the petitioner-Society has challenged the validity of G.O.Ms.No. 38 Finance (SMPC) Department, dated 1-2-2008. By virtue of the said Government Order, the set up of oﬃcers working in the Directorate of Tribal Welfare, A.P., Hyderabad has been changed. The manner in which certain posts are to be ﬁlled up has been changed whereas certain posts have been suppressed. In our opinion, this is an administrative function of the Government. It appears, the Government has considered several aspects and accorded sanction of the posts of certain oﬃcers at diﬀerent levels and thereafter the impugned G.O. has been issued. The impugned G.O., being an administrative order, in our opinion, is not within the scope of this Court especially when no speciﬁc harm has been caused to any one by virtue of the change in the system. We do not see any substance in the petition. The petition is dismissed with no order as to costs. ______________________ ANIL R. DAVE, CJ __________________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J 25th September, 2008. GRR