THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO WRIT PETITION No. 2641 OF 2011 O R D E R: This Writ Petition can be disposed of at the admission stage itself as suggested by the learned counsel for the writ petitioners as well as the learned Government Pleader for Irrigation and Command Area Development. It is not in dispute that both the writ petitioners have been engaged on contract basis as Assistant Project Officers to work in Andhra Pradesh Community Based Tank Management Project, conceived for protecting and utilizing appropriately as many as 3,000 minor irrigation tanks and in the process, to improve the livelihood of the communities which depend upon these minor tanks. Though the period of initial engagement on contract basis was only one year, but however, the same was renewed/extended by a further period of one year. The currency of the project was for a period of five years. Therefore, the State Government has constituted a committee for reviewing the performance of the Assistant Project Directors in the State so as to decide about their further continuance in service. The committee appears to have submitted its report. Based upon the findings of the committee, the Commissioner for Command Area Development has been passing appropriate orders for their continuance and the learned counsel for the writ petitioners has drawn my attention to a series of orders, which have been passed on 23.09.2010, 18.12.2010, etcetera. It is obvious that the performance of the Assistant Project Directors has been evaluated and wherever the committee has found that the performance was satisfactory and it was helping to achieve the objective for which the project has been conceived, the services of such men are being continued. Hence, I direct the Commissioner, Command Area Development to immediately examine the report of the committee and in case the said committee has recorded its satisfaction, about the performance of the writ petitioners herein, appropriate orders may be passed for the continuance of the writ petitioners within a maximum period of 15 days from the date of receipt of a copy of this order and till then, Respondents 2 to 4 may not insist upon the writ petitioners to be relieved. Depending upon the decision to be taken by the Commissioner, the further action may be taken. With this, the Writ Petition stands disposed of. No costs. ---------------------------------- (NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO, J) 9th February 2011 Issue CC in three days. ksld