HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE L. NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.24809 OF 2000 ORDER: Petitioners were working as Constables in the Railway Protection Force. In the year 2000, the Divisional Railway Manager, South Central Railway, Vijayawada, 3rd respondent herein, issued notification, dated 18-10-2000, inviting applications from the regular employees of the Division, to fill up the 25% of the direct recruitment vacancies of Assistant Station Masters. The grievance of the petitioners is that their applications were not received and their cases were not considered for those posts. 2. Respondents filed a counter affidavit. It is stated that the petitioners did not submit applications within the stipulated time. The further contention of the respondents is that the Railway Protection Force is not treated as part of the Divisional Establishment of the Railways and in that view of the matter, the petitioners are not eligible to apply for that post. 3. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Standing Counsel for the respondents. 4. The respondents refused to consider the cases of the petitioners, on the ground that they are not the regular employees of the division. The Railway has its own establishment and the Railway Protection Force is never part of it. It is an independent Force, established under a separate enactment. Petitioners are not able to demonstrate that they are part of the Railway Establishment or that they are the regular employees of the Division. Even assuming that the applications were submitted in time, they are not eligible for being considered against 25% of the vacancies earmarked for regular employees of the Division. 5. The Writ Petition is, accordingly, dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. ____________________ L. NARASIMHA REDDY, J November 25, 2010. KTL