IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.20750 of 2008 Between: N.Srinivas Reddy, S/o. Sri.N.gopal Reddy, Assistant Operator, 132/33 KV Sub Station, Thukkapur, Medak District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The General Manager (HRD), APNPDCL, Warangal, Warangal District. 2 The Chief Engineer, APNPDCL, Warangal, Warangal District. 3 The Superintending Engineer, Operation circle, APNPDCL, Karimnagar, Karimnagar 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 may be pleased to issue an appropriate Writ, Order or Direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, to declare the impugned action of the respondents in not declaring the results of the performance of the petitioner in the test and interview conducted on 13/04/2007 for selection and appointment as Contract Junior Lineman as illegal, arbitrary and the one contrary to Articles 14 and 16 of Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondents to declare the results of test and interview conducted n respect of the petitioner herein and to appoint him to the post of Contract Junior Lineman in the existing vacancies and to grant such other relief or reliefs. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.K.RAM REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: MR. P.R.BALARAMI REDDY (SC FOR AP TRANSCO) The Court made the following: THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE C.V. RAMULU WRIT PETITION No.20750 of 2008 ORDER: Heard both sides. It is the case of the petitioner that pursuant to a notiﬁcation issued by the respondent Corporation, he has applied for the post of Contract Junior Lineman and has also attended the test and interview conducted on 13.04.2007 along with others. According to him, he has fared well in the test and interview and is fully qualiﬁed and eligible for being appointed to the post of Contract Junior Lineman, but the respondents so far have not declared the results of the said test and interview conducted on 13.04.2007. In the facts and circumstances of the case, without expressing any opinion on merits, the respondents are directed to declare the results of the test and interview conducted on 13.04.2007 in respect of the petitioner, within a period of four weeks from today, and, if the petitioner is found successful in the said test and interview, his case may be considered for appointment to the post of Contract Junior Lineman in the existing vacancies. With the above directions, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. _________________ JUSTICE C.V.RAMULU 23rd September, 2008 IBL