IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 8131 of 2009 Between: Mudimella V.R. Subba Reddy S/o. late M.V.Subba Reddy R/o.Julepalle Village and Post, Gospadu Mandal, Kurnool District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh, represented by its Secretary, Revenue Department, Secretariat Buildings, Hyderabad. 2 The Chief Commissioner of Land Administration, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Station Road, Nampally, Hyderabad. 3 The District Collector, Kurnool District. 4 The Joint Collector, Kurnool. 5 The Revenue Divisional Officer, Nandyal Division, Kurnool 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 to issue a writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Certiorari calling for the records relating to and connected with the orders of the Hon'ble A.P. Administrative Tribunal in O.A.No.1955/2008 with M.A.No.2886/2008 dated 26.11.2008 and quash or set aside the same by holding it as improper, incorrect and erred in exercising the jurisdiction vested and to pass. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.MD.SALEEM Counsel for the Respondent No.: GP FOR SERVICES I The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE GHULAM MOHAMMED and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.SESHASAYANA REDDY W.P. No.8131 of 2009 ORDER: (Per Ghulam Mohammed, J) This writ petition is filed against the order dated 26.11.2008 passed by the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad in O.A. No.1955 of 2008. 2. The brief facts of the case are that that petitioner’s father worked as temporary Village Munsiff of Julepalle Village, Gospadu Mandal, Kurnool District. His services were regularized by the Sub- Collector, Nandyal on 18.1.1979. Subsequently, the petitioner’s father was terminated from service owing to abolition of system of Village Officers on 06.01.1984. The Village Revenue Officers System was brought into existence as per G.O.Ms.No.39, Revenue (VA) Department, dated 11.1.2008. Petitioner’s father died on 27.02.1999. Thereafter, the petitioner made a representation dated 01.03.2008 to the authorities to appoint him as Village Revenue Officer on compassionate grounds but the authorities have not passed any orders on his representation. Aggrieved by the same, the petitioner approached the Tribunal by filing O.A.No.1955 of 2008 and the Tribunal after taking into consideration the facts and circumstances of the case, has dismissed the O.A. observing that the petitioner’s case does not fall under any of the categories mentioned in the above said G.O. Challenging the said dismissal order, the petitioner filed the present writ petition. 3. Learned Counsel for the petitioner contended that the Tribunal has committed an error in deciding the eligibility of the petitioner for appointment to the post of Village Revenue Officer on compassionate grounds, when the O.A. was filed with a specific relief to direct the respondents to consider his representation dated 1.3.2008. 4. On a perusal of the record would show that the Village Munsiff post was abolished on 06.01.1984 and the Village Revenue Officer post has been created as per G.O.Ms.No.39, Revenue (VA) Department dated 11.1.2008. The services of the petitioner’s father were terminated owing to abolition of system of Village Officers. The petitioner’s father was not having SCC qualification and not even passed 7th class to appoint him as Village Administrative Officer in the year 1992. Further, petitioner’s father was not in service at the time of his death. In the circumstances, we do not find any infirmity in the impugned order passed by the Tribunal so as to call for interference by this court in exercise of jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. 5. The writ petition is devoid of merit and the same is accordingly dismissed. No order as to costs. _____________________ GHULAM MOHAMMED,J _______________________ B.SESHASAYANA REDDY,J 21-04-2009 Stp ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1) 2 CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{KURR} ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1) 2 CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{KBJ}