IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR WRIT PETITION No.16878 of 2001 BETWEEN K. Kannayya. ... PETITIONER AND The Andhra Bank rep. by its General Manager and two others. ...RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner: MR. SHIVARAMAM Counsel for the Respondents: DR. K. LAKSHMI NARASIMHA The Court made the following order: ORDER: Petitioner seeks a Mandamus declaring that the action of the respondent – bank in not absorbing him in regular vacancy as illegal and arbitrary and for consequential direction seeking absorption in a regular vacancy. 2. Learned counsel for the respondent – bank submitted that the regularization of temporary sub-staff in the respondent – bank is being taken up in pursuance of settlement arrived at between the management of the respondent–bank and the Bank’s Award Employees Union and various schemes of absorption of temporary candidates is spelt out in the settlement. As per the terms of the said settlement, as and when vacancies arise, the temporary sub-staff is being absorbed and regularized district wise. All the temporary staff is empanelled for the purpose of absorption as per their seniority. Learned counsel states that the petitioner also has been empanelled and his case would be considered in terms of the said settlement, as and when the vacancy arises. 3. It is brought to my notice, a decision of this Court in WP.Nos.20764 and 22061 of 2000 dated 27.12.2007 where in a similar case, this Court disposed of the writ petitions in view of the aforesaid stand of the bank mentioned in the counter affidavit. In the light of the said submissions of the learned counsel for the respondent – bank and the decision, referred to above, there shall be a direction to the respondent – bank to consider petitioner’s case, as an empanelled temporary sub-staff for absorption in terms of the settlement, referred to above. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. _____________________ VILAS V. AFZULPURKAR, J December 3, 2010 DSK