IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD THURSDAY, THE THIRTY FIRST DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND ELEVEN PRESENT THE HONOURALBE SRI JUSTICE G.CHANDRAIAH W.P. No.184 of 2011 Between: K.Gangamma and others. … Petitioners And The Regional Manager, Syndicate Bank, Personnel Section, Regional Office, vijayawada and others. … Respondents THE HONOURALBE SRI JUSTICE G.CHANDRAIAH W.P. No.184 of 2011 ORDER: This writ petition has been filed seeking for issuance of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents in not considering the cases of the petitioners for the selection process to the post of Part Time Sweepers (PTS)/Attender in Syndicate Bank under the control and jurisdiction of the 1st respondent which is to be held on 13.01.2011 or any other subsequent date as illegal, arbitrary and contrary to law and consequently direct the respondents to consider the case of the petitioners for the selection process for the post of Part Time Sweepers (PTS)/Attender which is to be held on 3.01.2011 or any other subsequent date without insisting upon that their names should be sponsored by the District Employment Exchange and appoint the petitioners in the said posts as per their merit and eligibility. The case of the petitioners, in brief, is that under the control and jurisdiction of the 1st respondent certain vacancies for the post of Part Time Sweepers/Attenders have arisen in all branches of Syndicate Bank for which, the 1st respondent made a requisition to the District Employment Exchange in the month of May, 2007 and also to other authorities to sponsor suitable and eligible candidates for the said posts. Accordingly, the District Employment Exchange sent a list of candidates to the 1st respondent for the said posts but in the said list, the names of the petitioners are not mentioned. Based on the list of candidates sent by the District Employment Exchange, the 1st respondent scheduled to conduct the selection process on 13.01.2011. While knowing the said fact, the petitioners have approached the 1st respondent seeking to include their names in the panel and permit them to appear for the said selection process. But the 1st respondent expressed his inability stating that unless their names are sponsored by the District Employment Exchange, they cannot be permitted to appear for the selection process. Thereafter, the petitioners approached the District Employment Exchange with a request to sponsor their names, as they are fully eligible, qualified and also seniors on the rolls of employment exchange. But the District Employment Exchange also expressed his inability stating that already list sent as such, the names of the petitioners cannot be sponsored at this point of time. It is also submitted that in similar circumstances, this Court granted interim orders in W.P. No.4989 of 2010 directing the respondents therein to consider the case of the petitioners therein for selection process on 04.03.2010. No counter affidavit has been filed. Heard the learned counsel and perused the material on record. This Court on 12.01.2011 passed interim direction directing the respondents to receive the application of the petitioners and consider the same in accordance with law, even if their names are not sponsored by the employment exchange. The case of the petitioners is that the 1st respondent with a view to fill up certain posts of Part Time Sweepers/Attender, obtained a list from the District Employment Exchange wherein the names of the petitioners were not sponsored. Seeking a direction to the respondents permit them to attend the selection process without insisting their names should be sponsored by the Employment Exchange, the petitioners filed the present writ petition. This Court by order dated 12.01.2011 already directed the respondents to receive the applications of the petitioners and consider the same in accordance with law, even if their names are not sponsored by the employment exchange and pursuant to the said direction, the 1st respondent bank had already received the applications of the petitioners. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, the respondents are directed to consider the case of the petitioners as per the directions of this Court by order dated 12.01.2011 and pass appropriate orders, in accordance with law. With the above directions, this writ petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. __________________________ JUSTICE G.CHANDRAIAH Date: 31.03.2011 LSK