IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF APRIL TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE PRESENT HON’BLE SRI BILAL NAZKI ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE and HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION NO : 23995 of 2003 Between: 1 Sri Are Babu Janardhana Rao S/o A. Venkateswaralu, Typist, JFCM/Junior Civil Judge, Court at Prathipadu, Prathipadu Mandal, East Godavari District 2 Sri. K. Raja Kumar S/o K. Surya Rao, Typist, I Addl. District Court Rajahmundry East Godavari District 3 Sri. D. Trinadha Venkataramana, S/o late Veerabhadrarao, Typist, Senior Civil Judge Court, Ramachandrapuram, East Godavari District 4 Smt. B. Vimala Kumari Krishna W/o Manmadharao, Typist, SPl. Proh. Excise Court Kakinada, East Godavari District 5 Smt. K. Harshitha W/o P.V. Chandra Sekhar Typist, Senior Civil Judge Court, Amalapuram East Godavari District 6 Sri G.V.S. Varma, s/o Janaki Rama Raju LD Clerk, Senior Civil Judges Court, Amalapuram, East Godavari Distirct 7 Sri P. Papireddy s/o Hanumantha Reddy LD Clerk, Senior Civil Judges Court, Kothapeta, East Godavari District 8 Sri B. Uma Sankar s/o B.V. Krishna LD Clerk, Prl. Junior Civil Judges Court, Kothapeta, East Godavari District 9 Smt. K. Suryavathi w/o K. Venkata Rao LD Clerk, Junior Civil Judges Court, Kothapeta, East Godavari District 10 Sri K. Durga Prasad, S/o Pothuraju Amin, Dist. Court, Rajahmundry, East Godavari District 11 Sri. Y. Janaki Ram Dora, s/o late Venkanna Dora Amin, Prl. Junior Civil Judges Court, Tuni East Godavari District 12 Sri V. Vijaya Kumar, s/o Rama Rao Amin, Prl. Junior Civil Judges Court, Kothapeta, East Godavari District 13 Sri M.J. Suseenadham s/o M.J. Dasu Amin, Senior Civil Judge Court, Kothapeta, East Godavari District 14 Sri.B. Gangadhara Rao S/o Venkanna Amin, III Addl. Dist Court, Kakinada East Godavari Distirct 15 Sri. K. Balusulu s/o Chandrayya Amin, Senior Civil Judges Court Amalapuram East Godavari District 16 Sri K. Chandra Sekhar S/o Aseervadam Amin, Junior Civil Judges Court, Tuni East Godavari District 17 Sri V. Bhagyarao s/o V. Maridayya Amin, Senior Civil Judge Court, Peddapuram, East Godavari District 18 Sri. D. Laxmi Narasimha Raju s/o Surya Chandra Raju Amin III Addl. District Court, Kakinada East Godavari District 19 Sri G. Krishna Rao s/o late Dalayya Copyist, III Addl. District Court, Kakinada, East Godavari Distirct 20 Sri. M. Durga Rao s/o Lakshmana Rao Copyist, Junior Civil Judges Court, Mummidivaram, East Godavari District 21 Sri Mir Hyder Ali s/o Jaffer Ali Copyist, Junior Civil Judges Court, Alamuru, East Godavari District 22 Sri. K. Nagabhushanam s/o Atchanna Copyist, District Court, Rajahmundry East Godavari District 23 Sri. D. Jaya Bharata Varma s/o D.V.V.S.N. Raju Copyist, Prl. Junior Civil Judges Court, Kothapeta, East Godavari District 24 Sri. S. Radha Krishna S/o Hanumantha Rao Copyist, Senior Civil Judges Court, Razole, East Godavari District 25 Sri. M. Appala Raju S/o Satyanarayana Raju Copyist, District Court, Rajahmundry, East Godavari District. 26 Sri A. Sanjeeva Rao s/o A. Gopala Rao Copyist, Prl. Junior Civil Judges Court, Kothapeta East Godavari district 27 Sri R. Surya Narayana s/o Papinaidu Copyist, Senior Civil Judges Court, Amalapuram, East Godavari District 28 Sri. K. Satya Sreenu S/o Vishnu Murthy Copyist, Senior Civil Judges Court, Kothapeta, East Godavari District 29 Sri C. Hamsa Raju S/o Siddappa Record Assistant, Proh. & Excise Court, Kakinada, East Godavari District 30 Sri D. Chandra Sekhar Tataji S/o D.V.V. Satyanarayana Murthy Record Assistant, Dist Court, Rajahmundry East Godavari District 31 Sri B. Sita Rama Raju S/o Venkatapathi Raju Record Assistant, Junior Civil Judges Court, Pithapuram East Godavari District 32 Sri Ch. Soma Raju S/o late Thammarao Record Assistant, Senior Civil Judges Court, Kothapeta East Godavari District 33 Sri V. V. Bhaskara Raju s/o Narayana Raju Record Assistant, Prl. Junior Civil Judges Court, Kothapeta East Godavari District 34 Smt. N. Sridevi w/o N.P.R. Satyanarayana Record Assistant, Junior Civil Judges Court, Kakinada East Godavari District 35 Sri Ch. Jagadeeswara Rao S/o Ramaiah Record Assistant, Prl. Junior Civil Judges Court Kakinada East Godavari District 36 Sri Y.V.V. Rama Murthy S/o Raghava Record Assistant, I Addl. Junior Civil Judges Court, Kakinada E.G. District 37 Sri N. Yesayya S/o Swamy Record Assistant, Prl. junior civil Judges Court Peddapuram East Godavari District 38 Sri B.V. Chakrapani s/o Surya Prakasa Rao Record Assistant, District Court, Rajahmundry, East Godavari Distirct 39 Sri N. Sree Rambabu s/o Satyam Record Assistant, Prl. Junior Civil Judges Court, Amalapuram East Godavari District 40 Sri B. Mallu Dora s/o Saheb Dora Record Assistant, Addl. Junior Civil Judges Court Peddapuram East Godavari District 41 Sri S.V. Ramana Murthy s/o Surya Narayana Record Assistant, Junior civil Judges Court Mummidivaram East Godavari District 42 Sri V. Raju s/o V. Appa rao 38 Record Assistant, III Addl. Junior Civil Judges Court, Kakinada, East Godavari District 43 Sri V. Kameswara Rao s/o late Sanyasi Rao Record Assistant, Addl. Junior Civil Judges Court, Ramachandrapuram, East Godavari District 44 Sri S. Appa Rao S/o Chinna Rao Record Assistant, Junior Civil Judges Court Prathipadu East Godavari District 45 Sri. Ch. Pallarao s/o Veerraju Amin, Senior Civil Judges Court, Amalapuram East Godavari District 46 Sri D. Sudarsana Rao S/o Subba rao Amin, Junior Civil Judges Court, Prathipadu East Godavari Dsitrict 47 Sri S.K. Mohamed Saheb S/o Bade Saheb Record Assistant, Senior Civil Judges Court, Pithapuram, East Godavari Distirct ..... PETITIONERS AND 1 The Government of Andhra Pradesh rep by its Chief Secretary Law & Lagislative Affairs and Justice Dept., Secretariat , Hyderabad 2 The Govt. of Andhra Pradesh rep by Secretary Home (Courts) Dept., Secretariat, Hyderabad 3 The A.P. High Court, Hyderabad, rep. by its Registrar General, High Court Compound Hyderabad 4 The Prl. District Judge, East Godavari at Rajahmundry (R-1 Name is deleted as per Court Order dated 04-12-2003 in W.P.No. 23995/2003). .....RESPONDENTS 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 an order, Writ or direction, more particularly, one in the nature of Writ of mandamus by directing the fourth respondent herein to limit the scope of issue of notification for direct recruitment by inviting application only to the vacancies of Clerk, Typist, Amin, and Copyist that arose after the issue of the revised guidelines by the Hon'ble High Court through the Registrar General Lr. ROC.No. 349/2000-RC. dt 21-7-2003 which was issued in pursuance of G.O.Ms. No. 70 dt 18-5-2002 by the Govt of A.P. wherein the purview of the APPSC for the selection process, the posts of LDC. Typist, Steno-Typists was deleted for the first time in respect of other vacancies in the Subordinate District Units of the Judiciary, in order to ensure the revised guidelines are brought into force prospectively from the date of their issue i.e. 21-7-2003 only in the interest of justice. Counsel for the Petitioners : MR.P.NARASIMHA RAO (Not Present) Counsel for the Respondents : ---- The Court made the following : ORAL ORDER: ( per Hon’ble The Acting Chief Justice ) …… Nobody appears. Therefore, the writ petition is dismissed for non-prosecution. No costs. ________________ BILAL NAZKI. ACJ., _________________________ GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA. J., Dated: 15.04.2005. VRK. To 1. The Secretary to Govt., Home (Courts) Dept., Secretariat, Hyderabad 2 The Registrar General, A.P. High Court, High Court Compound, Hyderabad 3 The Prl. District Judge, East Godavari at Rajahmundry 4. Two CD copies. Form-NIC-OGS/WP{ } HON’BLE SRI BILAL NAZKI, ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE AND HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA W.P.NO. 23995 OF 2003 ( Order of the Bench delivered by Hon’ble The Acting Chief Justice ) Dt: 15.04.2005.