THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 18802 of 1997 Dated: 01.03.2007 Between: N.S. Sriramachandra Murthy … Petitioner AND The Registrar, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Masab Tank, Hyderabad. … Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No. 18802 of 1997 ORDER:- In this writ petition the petitioner questioned the action of the respondent in not absorbing him in the existing vacancy of lecturer in Physics. The petitioner, who at the relevant point of time was working on temporary basis on a consolidated salary of Rs.1800/- per month as Research Assistant and applied for the post of lecturer in Physics in the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University. The petitioner was interviewed on 23.11.1996. In the affidavit filed in support of the writ petition he averred that the respondent – University has absorbed several candidates, who are initially employed on a lumpsum basis and that his reliable information was that on 07.08.1997, because of the political pressures the post against which the petitioner appeared for interview was filled up by an outsider though he never worked in the respondent – University. Thus, on the petitioner’s own showing, the post for which he appeared for interview was already filled up with some one whom he failed to make as a party to the writ petition. In the absence of the selected candidate, no relief can be granted in this writ petition. For these reasons, the writ petition is accordingly dismissed. No costs. _____________________________ C.V. NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 01.03.2007 ES