IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE K.C. BHANU WRIT PETITION NO : 10230 of 2005 Between: 1 P.Subrahmanyam, S/o. P.Nagaiah, TTDat Tirumala , R/o. Tirupathi. 2 N.Madhusudhan Rao, S/o. Hanumantha Rao, TTDat Tirumala , R/o. Tirupathi. 3 V.Harikrishna moorthy, S/o. venkatesh, TTDat Tirumala , R/o. Tirupathi. 4 K.Venkateswarlu, S/o. Sainadha Sarma, TTDat Tirumala , R/o. Tirupathi. 5 S.Krishna Murthy, S/o. Srinivasa Rao, TTDat Tirumala , R/o. Tirupathi. 6 A.Chiranjeevulu, S/o. Konnaiah Mudaliar, TTDat Tirumala , R/o. Tirupathi. 7 G.Balakrishnaiah, S/o. Bodebba, TTDat Tirumala , R/o. Tirupathi. 8 S.Rajesh Kumar, S/o. Sridhar Rao, TTDat Tirumala , R/o. Tirupathi. 9 K.Venkataramana, s/o. Chenchu Laxmaiah, TTDat Tirumala , R/o. Tirupathi. 10 A.Venkatesam, S/o. Govindaiah, TTDat Tirumala , R/o. Tirupathi. 11 S.Ganesh, S/o. Andaiah, TTDat Tirumala , R/o. Tirupathi. 12 R.Nagaraja, S/o. R.P. Chengaiah, TTDat Tirumala , R/o. Tirupathi. 13 P.Janakiramaiah, S/o. Chengaiah, TTDat Tirumala , R/o. Tirupathi. 14 D.Chandramouli, S/o. Subbulu Chetty, TTDat Tirumala , R/o. Tirupathi. 15 M.Muni Kumar, S/o. Munaswamy, TTDat Tirumala , R/o. Tirupathi. 16 A.Sankaraiah, S/o. Venkataswamy, TTDat Tirumala , R/o. Tirupathi. 17 M.Munindra Reddy, S.o. Chenga Reddy, TTDat Tirumala , R/o. Tirupathi. 18 M.Bhaskar Reddy, s/o. Doraswam Reddy, TTDat Tirumala , R/o. Tirupathi. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND The Tirumal Tirupati Devasthnams, rep.by its Executive Officer, Tirupathi , Chittoor District. .....RESPONDENT 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 a Writ, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus, declaring the action of the respondent in not considering the petitioner for promotion to the cadre of Assistant/ shroff in TTD s in spite of several representations submitted by the petitioners , as arbitrary, discriminatory and illegal and consequently direct the respondent to consider and promote the petitioners to the said cadre in the existing vacancies as has been done in respect of similarly situated employees vide memo Roc.No.E4/37423/91 dated 11.9.1992 issued by the Respondent , before promoting the juniors to the petitioners in the existing vacancies and with all consequential benefits monetary and other wise. Counsel for the Petitioners:MR.V.JAGAPATHI Counsel for the Respondent: MR.P.HARINATH GUPTA The Court at the admission stage made the following : ORDER: This writ petition is filed seeking a declaration that the action of the respondent in not considering the petitioners for promotion to the cadre of Assistant/Shroff in T.T.Ds. inspite of several representations is arbitrary, illegal and for a consequential direction to the respondent to consider and promote the petitioners to the said cadre in the existing vacancies as has been done in respect of similarly situated employees vide Memo.Roc.No.E4/37423/91 dated 11.09.1992 issued by the respondent, before promoting the juniors to the petitioners in the existing vacancies and with all consequential benefits. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Standing Counsel appearing for the respondents. Without entering into the merits of the case, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition, directing the respondent to take appropriate decision in accordance with the rules and regulations, within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. With the above observation, the writ petition is disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. ___________ 28.04.2005 Jsu To 1. The Executive Officer, Tirumal Tirupati Devasthnams,Tirupathi , Chittoor District. 2. 2 CD copies.