HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE L. NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.28642 OF 2010 ORDER: Petitioner was appointed as Assistant Programme Officer under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (for short ‘NREG Scheme’) for Rompicherla Mandal, Chittoor District, through orders, dated 05-06-2006, for a period of two years. His services were terminated before expiry of that period through order, dated 01-03-2008. Petitioner challenges the said order. It is stated that the respondents did not issue any show cause notice before terminating the services of the petitioner nor did they conduct any enquiry. 2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for Panchayat Raj. 3. The appointment of the petitioner as Assistant Programme Officer is for a period of two years. A specific condition is incorporated that after expiry of two years, his appointment shall cease. The impugned order dated 01-03-2008 is passed terminating the services of the petitioner before expiry of the period. No enquiry was conducted much less any notice was issued. Therefore, the impugned order suffers from legal infirmity. However, necessity for this Court to set aside the said order does not exist. The reason is that the period for which the petitioner was employed had expired, and the petitioner had approached this Court, after expiry of two and half years. At the same time, the case of the petitioner can be considered as and when the respondents appoint the Assistant Programme Officer for the Mandal. 4. Hence, the Writ Petition is disposed of directing that the respondents shall consider the case of the petitioner also, while making appointment of Assistant Programme Officer for the Mandal under the NREG Scheme. There shall be no order as to costs. ____________________ L. NARASIMHA REDDY, J November 19, 2010. KTL