THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.V.RAMANA Writ Petition No.25966 of 2006 Dated: 05th January, 2007 Between: Guttula Satyanarayana and another. …..PETITIONER AND The Principal Secretary to Government, Energy Department and 4 others. ….RESPONDENTS THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.V.RAMANA W.P.No.25966 of 2006 ORDER: This writ petition is filed seeking to declare the Memo No.CE/)&M/KTPS/AdMC/C.5/D.NO.2099/06, dated. 25-11-2006 issued by the 5th respondent to furnish the Bio-Data, Bonafide certificate and the 1st and last/latest slips of EPF in respect of contract labourers working with the respective contractors with a view to absorb them in to the services of Kothagudem Thermal Power Station, Paloncha, Khamma District. The learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the petitioners are senior-most contract labour, but the 5the respondent ignoring the seniority and claim of the petitioners, has issued the impugned proceedings calling upon the Superintending Engineers to furnish the particulars (as mentioned in the impugned order) of the contract labour working under their control (mentioned in the list) for absorption, which is illegal and arbitrary. He thus prayed that the impugned order be set aside and the respondents be directed to absorb the petitioners into service as per the list prepared by respondent Nos. 4 and 5. When the matter came up, the learned Standing Counsel for the respondents on instructions submitted that the impugned memo was issued by respondent No.5 in pursuance of the letter dated 13.11.2006 of respondent No.3, who on the directions of the Government forwarded the representation dated 12.10.2006 of the employees of KTPS, Paloncha along with the list of employees to respondent No.5 and requested to send a detailed report along with the connected records within ten days. He submitted that respondent No.5 has merely requested all the Superintending Engineers to furnish the details of the employees whose names find place in the representation made to respondent No.3, and it does not mean that they would regularize their services. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Standing Counsel for the respondents. Inasmuch as it is the case of the respondents that the impugned memo, merely calls upon all the Superintending Engineers to furnish the details of the employees, who are said to have made representation to respondent No.3, and that they are not absorbing or regularizing the services of any employee, much less the employees, whose names filed place in the representation forwarded by respondent No.3 to respondent No.5, the contention of the petitioners that respondent No.5 by issuing the impugned memo sought to absorb/regularize the services of employees who are much junior to them, cannot be accepted. The writ petition, is devoid of merit, and the same is accordingly dismissed. No costs. _______________ (N.V. RAMANA, J.) Date:05-01-2007. Grk THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.V.RAMANA Writ Petition.No.25966 of 2006 Dated:05-01-2007