IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE THIRTY FIRST DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO:4544 of 2000 Between: Jetti Sudhakar ..... PETITIONER AND The AP Transmission Corporation and others .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:MR. P.RAGHAVENDER REDDY Counsel for the respondents:MR. P.R.BALARAMI REDDY The Court made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is filed for a writ of mandamus to direct the respondents to absorb the petitioner on permanent basis in any suitable post in terms of B.P.Ms.No.36, dated 18.05.1997. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri P.R.Balarami Reddy, learned Standing Counsel for the respondents. The grievance of the petitioner is that though he is working as a contract labourer under the individual contractors of the erstwhile Andhra Pradesh State Electricity Board, his case has not been considered for absorption under B.P.Ms.No.36, dated 18.05.1997. No counter-affidavit is filed by the respondents controverting the averments contained in the affidavit filed in support of the writ petition. Therefore, the writ petition is disposed of with the direction to respondent Nos.2 and 3 to consider the case of the petitioner for absorption in terms of B.P.Ms.No.36, dated 18.05.1997, pass appropriate order and communicate the same to the petitioner within a period of eight (8) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. As a sequel to disposal of main petition, WPMP.No.6037 of 2000 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J 31st DECEMBER, 2008. kvni