THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V.RAMANA Writ Petition No. 20358 of 2003 Date: 24.01.2007 Between: N. Nagaraja and others. …..PETITIONERS AND The A.P.Southern Power Distribution Company Ltd., rep.by its Chairman and Managing Director, Renigunta Road, Tirupathi, Chittoor District and others. ….RESPONDENTS \ THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V.RAMANA Writ Petition No. 20358 of 2003 Order: Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned Standing Counsel for the respondent-SPDCL. 2. The petitioners claim to have worked with the respondent- SPDCL as contract labour. It is their case that the respondents have considered their case for regular appointment in the light of B.P. Ms. No. 36, dated 18.05.1997, and conducted interview on 9/10.04.1998, but till date, the respondents neither issued orders appointing them nor passed any speaking orders rejecting their case. Hence, they filed the present writ petition. 3. The respondent-SPDCL filed counter affidavit. Reiterating the said counter averments, the learned Standing Counsel for the respondent-SPDCL submitted that since the petitioners, who have attended the interview on 9/10.4.1998, were informed that they not selected on the ground that petitioners 1 and 2 are under aged as on the date of their initial engagement, petitioner No.4 is not available in the approved list of casual labour and petitioner No.5 was already informed about his non-selection for the post of Junior Lineman, vide speaking order dated 17.03.1999. It is the specific case of the respondents that the petitioners were not selected in the interview and they were issued with individual speaking orders. 4. In view of the specific stand of the respondent company that the petitioners were not selected in the interview conducted on 9/10.04.1998 and individual speaking orders were issued to them indicating the reasons for their non-selection, no further orders are required to be passed in the present writ petition. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed. No costs. ______________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Date: 24.01.2007 sj