IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY FIRST DAY OF AUGUST TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 20955 of 1999 Between: 1 Arey Chandra Kala, W/o. Arey Shankaraiah, R/o Laxmisager, Kadam (Mandal), Adilabad District. 2 Arey Ramesh, S/o Arey Shankaraiah, R/o. Laxmisager, Kadam (m), Adialabad District. ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Chief Secretary to Government, General Administration (SC.A) Dept. Secreteriat Buildings, Hyderabad. 2 The District Collector, Adilabad, Adilabad District. 3 The Mandal Revenue Officer, Kadam Mandalam, Adilabad District. .....RESPONDENTS 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 issue an appropriate Writ order or direction particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of 2nd respondent in not disposing application dated, 1.11.1997 for providing employment to the petitioner as per G.O.Ms.No. 469, General Administration (SC.A) Department, dated.8.11.1996 is illegal arbitrary and violative of article 21 of the Constitution of India. Counsel for the Petitioners :MR.P.VARA PRASAD RAO Counsel for the Respondents : GP FOR GENERAL ADMINISTRATION The Court made the following : HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE R.SUBHASH REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 20955 of 1999 ORDER : In this writ petition, the petitioners seek directions by way of Mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in not disposing of their application, dated 1st November 1997, ﬁled for providing employment to them in terms of the beneﬁts granted by the Government in G.O.Ms.No.469, General Administration (SC.A) Department, dated 8th November 1996, as illegal and arbitrary. 2. The 1st Petitioner is the mother and 2nd petitioner is the brother of one Mr.Arey Shankar, who was killed by the extremists belonging to C.P.I (ML) P.W.G. Singapur Dalam Group near Laxmisagar village of Kadam Mandal in Adilabad District. It is the grievance of the petitioners that though the Government has extended certain beneﬁts including an employment to a member of the family of the person, who was killed by the extremists, and issued orders in G.O.Ms.No.469, dated 08.11.1996, but however, inspite of their submitting an application on 01.11.1997 for providing employment, the same has not been considered by the respondents. 3. Counter aﬃdavit is ﬁled on behalf of the respondents, disputing the very applicability of the orders issued by the Government in G.O.Ms.No.469, dated 08.11.1996, to the petitioners. It is stated that in terms of the said G.O., only the son, daughter and spouse of the person, who was killed by the extremists, are eligible for employment, but the petitioners herein do not ﬁt into the said scheme enunciated by the Government in G.O.Ms.No.469. 4. Even on a perusal of the aforesaid G.O., it is clear that only the son, daughter or spouse of a person, who was being killed by the extremists, are eligible for being provided with employment. Even according to the averments made in the writ petition, the 1st petitioner is the mother and the 2nd petitioner is the brother of Arey Shankar, who was killed by the extremists, and therefore, they do not ﬁt into the beneﬁt extended by the Government in G.O.Ms.No.469, dated 08.11.1996. 5. In that view of the matter, I do not ﬁnd any merit in this writ petition, which is accordingly dismissed. ______________________ R. SUBHASH REDDY, J 21st August 2008 ajr To 1 The Chief Secretary to Government, General Administration (SC.A) Department, Secreteriat Buildings, Hyderabad. 2 The District Collector, Adilabad, Adilabad District. 3 The Mandal Revenue Officer, Kadam Mandalam, Adilabad District.